summarize_variables: Summarize information on variables that match a given regex

In IdahoAgStats/facthelpeR: Helper Functions for Importing and Cleaning Data

Summarize information on variables that match a given regex

Description

Summarize information on variables that match a given regex. This function loops through a list of data.frames and pulls out the columns that match the regex and returns a joined data.frame of the name in the list, the variable, variable type, and the first instance of the variable as an example. This function is to help look at raw data in order to check which columns across files contain the same information.

Usage

summarize_variables(data_list, reg_ex, reg_ex_exclude = NULL)

summarize.variables

Arguments

data_list	A list of data.frames
reg_ex	A regular expression to select column names
reg_ex_exclude	A regular expression to exclude columns Use NULL to return all column names It is possible to edit this function to use the function select_colsfromlist())

See Also

Other summarize column functions: find_col_info(), select_colsfromlist(), summarize_colnames(), summarize_ncol()

IdahoAgStats/facthelpeR documentation built on Jan. 29, 2024, 9:22 a.m.