table_addColumn: Add a new column of metadata to a table

In MazamaScience/MazamaLocationUtils: Manage Spatial Metadata for Known Locations

Add a new column of metadata to a table

Description

A new metadata column is added to the locationTbl. For matching locationID records, the associated locationData is inserted. Otherwise, the new column will be initialized with NA.

Usage

table_addColumn(
  locationTbl = NULL,
  columnName = NULL,
  locationID = NULL,
  locationData = NULL,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

locationTbl	Tibble of known locations.
columnName	Name to use for the new column.
locationID	Vector of locationID strings.
locationData	Vector of data to used at matching records.
verbose	Logical controlling the generation of progress messages.

Value

Updated tibble of known locations.

See Also

table_removeColumn

table_updateColumn

Examples

library(MazamaLocationUtils)

# Starting table
locationTbl <- get(data("wa_monitors_500")) 
names(locationTbl)

# Add an empty column
locationTbl <-
  locationTbl %>%
  table_addColumn("AQSID")
  
names(locationTbl)

MazamaScience/MazamaLocationUtils documentation built on Jan. 26, 2024, 3:16 p.m.