dummy: Create Binary Variables

In joshua-ruf/fidelis: Automate Data Reporting

Description

This function creates k-1 binary variables, where k is the number of unique values of var. It prints to the console which value will be used as the reference, and therefore won't have a binary variable.

Usage

dummy(D, var, rm.var = T)

Arguments

D	A data.table or data.frame
var	A character string of the desired variable to dummy
rm.var	Logical, defaults to TRUE where the original variable will be removed

Note

In keeping with data.table's methodology this function does not need to be assigned to a new object

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