merge_right_or_left: An internal function to that tells collapse whether to...
In jameswgriffith/jamie: Functions written and used by Jamie Griffith

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An internal function to that tells collapse whether to collapse with the category to the left or to the right, depending on which adjacent category is smaller, or based on user preference in case of a tie.

1	merge_right_or_left(v, i, prefer = c("left", "right"))

`v`	A vector of response categories.
`i`	An index based on a table of sorted (ascending) response categories of v. i must range from 1 to the maximum number of response categories. For example, for response categories 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, i can be 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
`prefer`	A user supplies preference of whether to merge left or right in the case of a tie (i.e., equal response counts at i - 1 and i + 1.

"left" or "right"; this tells collapse which direction to merge to.

This is intended as an internal function to the collapse() function. Use with care for other purposes.

collapse()

merge_w_left()

merge_w_right()

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sparse_vector <- c(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5)
merge_right_or_left(sparse_vector, 2, "left")
merge_right_or_left(sparse_vector, 2, "right")


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