recode.varmap: using a recode matrix (called a varmap), which has columns...

In dfeehan/dhstools: Tools for analyzing Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)

Description

using a recode matrix (called a varmap), which has columns 'code' and 'value' (and perhaps others), rename a variable. this is a convenient wrapper around the car::recode function

Usage

recode.varmap(x, varmap, as.factor.result = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

x	the variable to recode
varmap	a data.frame describing the recodes, which has columns called 'code' and 'value'
as.factor.result	if TRUE, turn the result into a factor
...	additional arguments to pass to car::recode

Value

the recoded variable

Examples

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