detectVariableDataType: (internal, deprecated) Detect variable data type

In jameslhao/dbgapr_dev: A dbGaP Phenotype Data Organizer

Description

The method determines the data type of a given variable by looking into the data values. The funciont is called through dataDicXmlParser. Running this method is resource expensive.

Usage

detectVariableDataType(object, phsAcc, phtAcc, phvAcc, varName, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'Commons,character'
detectVariableDataType(object, phsAcc, phtAcc,
  phvAcc, varName, ..., codeValCombo = NA, fileInfoDF = data.frame())

Arguments

object	Commons class object.
phsAcc	a character string. The dbGaP study accession of the given variable.
phtAcc	a character string. The dbGaP dataset accession of the given variable.
phvAcc	a character string. The dbGaP phenotype variable accession.
varName	a character string. The dbGaP phenotype variable name.
...	There are optional arguments.
codeValCombo	a character string. The combo string of a categorical variable value code and the respective code meaning.
fileInfoDF	a data frame. The file info data.

Value

a character string. The data types of the input variable accession.

Methods (by class)

• object = Commons,phsAcc = character: A method of class Study

jameslhao/dbgapr_dev documentation built on May 8, 2019, 11:03 p.m.