type_ensure: Ensure the specific columns of a dataframe have a particular...

In forestgeo/fgeo.utils: Import and Manipulate 'ForestGEO' Data

Ensure the specific columns of a dataframe have a particular type.

Description

Ensure the specific columns of a dataframe have a particular type.

Usage

type_ensure(df, ensure_nms, type = "numeric")

Arguments

df	A dataframe.
ensure_nms	Character vector giving names of df to ensure type
type	A string giving the type to ensure in columns ensure_nms

Value

A modified version of df, with columns (specified in ensure_nms) of type type.

See Also

purrr::modify_at().

Other functions to operate on column types: type_vft()

Other functions for developers: check_crucial_names(), extract_insensitive(), flag_if_group(), is_multiple(), nms_try_rename(), rename_matches()

Examples

dfm <- tibble(
  w = c(NA, 1, 2),
  x = 1:3,
  y = as.character(1:3),
  z = letters[1:3]
)
dfm
type_ensure(dfm, c("w", "x", "y"), "numeric")
type_ensure(dfm, c("w", "x", "y", "z"), "character")

forestgeo/fgeo.utils documentation built on Sept. 12, 2022, 6:12 p.m.