replace_backtraced: Replace chains of values
In dschoenig/IDENTcc: Catch and correct errors in IDENT datasets

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Examples

replace_backtraced replaces chains of backtraced values within a vector.

1	replace_backtraced(x, backtrace, replace_val)

`x`	A vector in which a values are to be replaced.
`backtrace`	An integer vector of the same length as `x`, with values of `1` if the entry belongs to a chain, and `0` otherwise. As returned by `backtrace_values()`.
`replace_val`	New value for all entries belonging to a chain of backtraced values.

Simple convenience function that replaces all entries in a vector x for which a matching vector backtrace contains 1. Intended for use with backtrace_values().

A copy of vector x in which all elements that belong to a chain have been replaced by the value replace.

# A sequence of mortality assessments containing erroneous instances of "Dead"
x <- c("Alive", "Almost dead", "Dead", "Dead", "Dead", "Alive", "Dead",
            "Dead", "Alive", "Dead", "Cut and Resprout", "Dead", "Alive")
da_starts <- detect_transitions(x, c("Dead", "Alive"))
da_trace <- backtrace_values(x, "Dead", da_starts)

# Set erroneous entries to "Alive"
replace_backtraced(x, da_trace, "Alive")