class_override: Override column classes

In iamamutt/mejr: General Purpose R Functions

Description

Override column classes

Usage

class_override(x, class_list)

Arguments

x	a data.frame or data.table
class_list	a list of class names with each list item containing column names to assign classes to

Value

same x but with new classes. If data.table, does not copy.

Examples

class_list <- list(character = c("V1", "V2"), double = "V3")
x <- data.frame(V1 = letters[3:1], V2 = 1:3, V3 = 1:3)

# view current classes, note V1 is a factor
sapply(x, class)

x$V1 <- as.character(x$V1)

# change classes
x <- class_override(x, class_list)

# view again
sapply(x, class)

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