rename_attributes: Rename data columns according to metadata.

In BLE-LTER/BLE-LTER-utils: Utility functions for BLE LTER IM team

Rename data columns according to metadata.

Description

Rename data columns according to metadata.

Usage

rename_attributes(
  meta_list,
  dataset_id,
  entity,
  file_dir = getwd(),
  file_name = "",
  x,
  append_units = T
)

Arguments

meta_list	(character) A list of dataframes containing metadata returned by get_meta.
dataset_id	(numeric) A dataset ID.
entity	(numeric) An entity number.
file_dir	(character) Path to directory containing flat files (data files). Defaults to current R working directory.
file_name	(character) File name to
x	R object. If specified, will skip looking for entity file altogether.
append_units	(logical) If TRUE, will append abbreviated units (see vw_custom_units) to column names as specified in metabase. Defaults to TRUE.

Value

The data table entity with renamed columns.

BLE-LTER/BLE-LTER-utils documentation built on Dec. 23, 2024, 12:14 a.m.