col_rep: Simple column specifications

In Technomics/costmisc: Misc costverse functions

Simple column specifications

Description

col_rep() allows for a simple specification of column types for use in read functions. Enter in a letter followed by a number to repeat that type that number of times.

Supports output for use in readr and readxl, and other functions that take column type specifications in the same format.

Usage

col_rep(str, spec_type = "readr")

Arguments

str	String specifying the expansion.
spec_type	String. Either "readr" for short letter notation (e.g., ccnnndcc) or "readxl" for long vector notation (e.g., c("text", "text", "numeric"))

Value

An expanded string or a vector of column type specifications.

Examples

col_rep("c3n2dl3-2c")

col_rep("c3n2dl3-2c", "readxl")

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