filter_table: Exclude table dimenions by matching values.
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filter_table

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Exclude table dimenions by matching values.

Description

Subset table to exclude rows/columns that match a specific value.

Usage

filter_table(data, dimension, by, pattern, trim_whitespace = T)

Arguments

`data`	Data frame to subset.
`dimension`	The dimension from which to pull values for matching. '1' for rows and '2' for columns. The dimension not specified is the one that will be reduced in length.
`by`	The row/column name or index to use to pull values for matching.
`pattern`	The pattern to match against. Can be any fixed string, `NA`, or `NULL` values.
`trim_whitespace`	If `TRUE`, remove leading and trailing whitespace from values to match.

Details

Uses a user-specified row or column to find matches to a user-specified value. For matches on a row, corresponding columns are removed. For matches on a column, corresponding rows are removed.