preamble_rm: Auto remove question preambles for multiple choice/matrix...

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preamble_rmR Documentation

Auto remove question preambles for multiple choice/matrix questions

Description

Takes a dataframe (frequencies) and removes the usual question preambles so that you are left with only the labels you care about. For example, "What is your favorite color? - Blue" becomes "Blue"

Usage

preamble_rm(dataset, var = prompt, before_symbol = "- ")

Arguments

dataset

The name of the data frame for the function to modify, usually piped in after running freqs. You almost never need any arguments in this function.

var

DEFAULT = prompt; If you use the prompt = TRUE argument in freqs(), this default should be perfect for you.

before_symbol

DEFAULT = "- "; preamble_rm will remove everything before this symbol or string of symbols

Examples

frequencies <- tibble::tibble(
  label = c('Selected','Selected','Selected','Selected','Selected'),
  result = c(.25, .15, .20, .10, .30),
  prompt = c(
  'What is your favorite color? - Blue',
  'What is your favorite color? - Green',
  'What is your favorite color? - Yellow',
  'What is your favorite color? - Purple',
  'What is your favorite color? - Orange'
  ),
  prompt2 = c(
  'What is your favorite color? ... Blue',
  'What is your favorite color? ... Green',
  'What is your favorite color? ... Yellow',
  'What is your favorite color? ... Purple',
  'What is your favorite color? ... Orange'
  )
)

preamble_rm(frequencies)
preamble_rm(frequencies, var = prompt2, before_symbol = '\\. ')
frequencies %>% preamble_rm()

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