dct.to.vardefs: takes (some) stata .dct (dictionary) files and turns them...
In dfeehan/dhstools: Tools for analyzing Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
Description
Usage
Arguments
Value
Description
NOTE: this is by no means encyclopaedic. i've just tested
this on the nicely-formatted .dct files that accompany
the multiple cod files found at
http://www.nber.org/data/vital-statistics-mortality-data-multiple-cause-of-death.html
TODO * better solution for multiple variables * better
error handling
Usage
1
dct.to.vardefs(filename, remove.duplicates = TRUE)
Arguments
filename
the .dct file
remove.duplicates
should variables defined to
start at the same column be removed? if so, first
variable using a given start column is chosen (currently,
simple.fwf can't handle them) this defaults to TRUE.
Value
the vardefs dataframe
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Description Usage Arguments Value
Description
NOTE: this is by no means encyclopaedic. i've just tested this on the nicely-formatted .dct files that accompany the multiple cod files found at http://www.nber.org/data/vital-statistics-mortality-data-multiple-cause-of-death.html TODO * better solution for multiple variables * better error handling
Usage
1 | dct.to.vardefs(filename, remove.duplicates = TRUE)
|
Arguments
filename |
the .dct file |
remove.duplicates |
should variables defined to start at the same column be removed? if so, first variable using a given start column is chosen (currently, simple.fwf can't handle them) this defaults to TRUE. |
Value
the vardefs dataframe
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