attributeType: Provide a rich description of the variable's data type

In beerda/crudtable: A Shiny toolkit for Create-Read-Update-Delete Operations on Data

Description

Function is used in DAO objects within the getAttributes method - see e.g. sqlDao.

Usage

attributeType(x)

Arguments

x	A value of which the type has to be determined

Value

A list of detailed description of x's data type. The list always contains the type element, which contains:

• mode(x) if x is an atomic data value (such as character, numeric etc.);

• class(x) if x is an S3 object.

Additionally, the returned list may contain other elements such as levels for factors.

beerda/crudtable documentation built on July 13, 2020, 2:16 p.m.