collapse.var: Collapse Multiple Variables into a single Column

In dennisteowh/dthelper: Dennis Teo's Helper Functions

Collapse Multiple Variables into a single Column

Description

Collapse Multiple Variables into a single Column

Usage

collapse.var(df, var = colnames(df), return.conflicts = FALSE)

Arguments

df	data.frame object
var	Variable to collapse
return.conflicts	If set to TRUE and there are conflicts within the input variables, the conflicting rows will be returned

Value

vector object. If return.conflicts set to TRUE, a list object is returned

Examples

df <- data.frame(
v1.t1 = c(1:10),
v1.t2 = c(1:5, rep(NA, 5)),
v2.t1 = c(12,13,14,rep(NA,7)),
v2.t2 = c(11:20)
)

df$v1 <- collapse.var(df, var = c("v1.t1","v1.t2"))
df$v2 <- collapse.var(df, var = c("v2.t1","v2.t2"))
conflicts <- collapse.var(df, var = c("v2.t1","v2.t2"), return.conflicts = T)
 
also see <https://msrcodelibrary.netlify.app/2020/06/10/multiple-recoding-and-collapsing-columns/> for 
step-by-step tutorial.

dennisteowh/dthelper documentation built on March 19, 2022, 11:42 a.m.