read.DB.table: Extended version of read.table.

In SwissClinicalTrialOrganisation/DM_secuTrial_R: Handling of secuTrial related data

Description

This function loads a database table and:

• removes trailing empty columns

• identifies and converts date columns (optionally sets "1900-01-01" to NA)

• renames colnames (using new.names)

Usage

read.DB.table(path, convert.dates = FALSE,
  convert.unknown.date.to.na = FALSE, rename.headers = FALSE,
  add.pat.id = TRUE, add.center = TRUE, silent = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

path	location of the csv-file or unz(zip-file, table filename)
convert.dates	flag for conversion of date columns
convert.unknown.date.to.na	flag for conversion of unknown dates
rename.headers	flag for renaming of headers
add.pat.id	adding study ID pat.id to the first column
silent	hide verbose output
...	other options passed to read.table()

Value

Data frame of the table.

See Also

load.study.options, new.names, convert.all.dates, unz

SwissClinicalTrialOrganisation/DM_secuTrial_R documentation built on May 21, 2019, 10:16 a.m.