new_dic: Dictionary class low level constructor

View source: R/dic-constructor.R

new_dicR Documentation

Dictionary class low level constructor

Description

Dictionary class low level constructor

Usage

new_dic(
  x,
  item_name = NULL,
  item_label = NULL,
  values = NULL,
  value_labels = NULL,
  missing = NULL,
  weight = 1,
  type = NULL,
  class = "item",
  ...,
  .list = NULL,
  .coerce_class = TRUE,
  .message_attr = FALSE
)

Arguments

x

A variable

item_name

Character

item_label

Character

values

Numeric or character vector with values. The vector can be named

missing

Numeric or character vector with values

weight

numeric

type

defaults to "integer"

class

default is "item"

...

further dic arguments (e.g. 'source = "James (1891)")

.list

An alternative way to provide class arguments as a list (overwrites previous arguments)

.coerce_class

Logical. If TRUE, tries to coerce classes of 'x' if class does not match the type argument

.message_attr

Logical. For internal use

value_lables

Character of the form ⁠value = label; value2 = label2⁠

Value

An item of class dic.

Examples

x <- new_dic(1:100, item_label = "The label of this item")

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