ji.ds.is.factor: a test of an object being of type "factor"
In datashield/ji.dev.cl: ji.dev.cl

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) Examples

this function is similar to R function is.factor

1	ji.ds.is.factor(datasources = NULL, xvect = NULL)

`datasources`	a list of opal object(s) obtained after login in to opal servers; these objects hold also the data assign to R, as `dataframe`, from opal datasources.
`xvect`	a vector to be tested

a logic value (TRUE if xvect is numeric)

Gaye, A. (amadou.gaye

{

# load that contains the login details
data(logindata)

# login
opals <- datashield.login(logins=logindata,assign=TRUE)

# Example 1: Test whether LAB_TSC variable is of type "factor"
ji.ds.is.factor(datasources=opals, xvect=quote(D$LAB_TSC))

# Example 2: Test whether PM_BMI_CATEGORICAL variable is of type "factor"
ji.ds.is.factor(datasources=opals, xvect=quote(D$PM_BMI_CATEGORICAL))
}