melt_quanteda_dict: Convert a quanteda dictionary to a long data.table format

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Convert a quanteda dictionary to a long data.table format

Description

This is used internally in the query_ functions, but can be used manually for more control. For example, adding numeric scores for sentiment dictionaries, and specifying which label/code to use in search_dictionary().

Usage

melt_quanteda_dict(dict, column = "label", .index = NULL)

Arguments

dict	The quanteda dictionary
column	The name of the column with the label/code. If dictionary contains multiple levels, additional columns are added with the suffix _l[i], where [i] is the level.
.index	Do not use (used internally)

Value

A data.table

Examples

d = quanteda::data_dictionary_LSD2015
melt_quanteda_dict(d)

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