convert_elements: Convert elements to a new value

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Convert elements to a new value

Description

convert_elements will convert a set of values in a column to a designated replacement value. This can be viewed as a shortcut to using fct_collapse. Can also accept 'NA' as a target and should return the input class for that column.

Usage

convert_elements(data, col, target, replacement = NA, convert2factor = T)

Arguments

data	Data object.
col	Character vector of column to conduct conversion.
target	Character vector of levels for conversion.
replacement	Value of replacement (typically a Character).
convert2Factor	Logical vector, if TRUE, will convert characters to factors.

Value

Dataset with reformatted columns.

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