check_max_char: Check max length of strings in columns of a dataframe

In arestrom/remisc: Some simple utility functions for personal use

Description

Determine the maximum length of each set of strings in the columns of a dataframe. Non-character values will be reported as NA.

Usage

check_max_char(dat, return_names = c("col_name", "max_chars"))

Arguments

dat	a dataframe that can include a mix of datatypes
return_names	A vector of two names for the return dataframe.

Value

A dataframe reporting the max(nchar(0) of all columns in data. Non-character datatypes will return NA.

Examples

# Create example dataframe
fish_report = tibble::tibble(
  species = c("coho", "coho", "chin", "steelhead"),
  fish_method = c("Gillnet", "Seine", "Fish trap",
                  "Recreational angler"),
  total_length = c(660, 589, 815, 450))

# Report max length of strings in each column
fish_nchar = check_max_char(fish_report)

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