create_schema: Create a Table Schema for a data frame

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Create a Table Schema for a data frame

Description

Creates a Table Schema for a data frame, listing all column names and types as field names and (converted) types.

Usage

create_schema(data)

Arguments

data	A data frame.

Details

See vignette("table-schema") to learn how this function implements the Data Package standard.

Value

List describing a Table Schema.

See Also

Other create functions: create_package()

Examples

# Create a data frame
df <- data.frame(
  id = c(as.integer(1), as.integer(2)),
  timestamp = c(
    as.POSIXct("2020-03-01 12:00:00", tz = "EET"),
    as.POSIXct("2020-03-01 18:45:00", tz = "EET")
  ),
  life_stage = factor(c("adult", "adult"), levels = c("adult", "juvenile"))
)

# Create a Table Schema from the data frame
schema <- create_schema(df)
str(schema)

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