shortenAnswers: Abbreviate verbose answers

In introstat/ePort: Electronic Reporting of Academic Learning and Performance

Description

Some answer vectors may be too verbose to represent in visual plots. Verbose answers are abbreviated to a string containing the first letter of each word, "not answered" answers remain the same, and "" answers are returned as "not answered"

Usage

shortenAnswers(avec, l = 13)

Arguments

avec	Original answer vector (in character or factor format)
l	Maximum length (in characters) of an original answer vector that does not need abbreviation

Value

List with two objects. The first object is the returned abbreviated answer vector. The second object is a glossary key

Author(s)

Xiaoyue Cheng <[e-mail]>

Examples

avec = "The answer is more than l characters"
shortenAnswers(avec, l=13)

introstat/ePort documentation built on May 18, 2019, 5:47 a.m.