R/sentiment.R

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#' Create sentiment factors
#' 
#' Create representations of sentiment as ordered factors.
#' 
#' @param value The integer value of the sentiment you want to represent.
#' 
#' @details 
#' BrandsEye represents sentiment as ordered factors between -5 and 5. 
#' 0 is never used, but is represented here to allow for easy querying.
#' 
#' Sentiment is represents as ordered factors with the class 
#' \code{c("sentiment", "ordered", "factor")}.
#' 
#' @examples  
#' 
#' sentiment(1) < sentiment(2)
#' 
#' \dontrun{
#' 
#' library(dplyr)
#' account_count("QUIR01BA", "published inthelast month", groupby="sentiment") %>%
#'   filter(sentiment <= sentiment(-1))
#' }
#' 
#' 
#' @author Constance Neeser
#' @export
sentiment <- function(value) {
    sent <- factor(value, levels = c(-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5), ordered = TRUE)
    class(sent) <- c("sentiment", class(sent))
    sent
}
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