getVariableIndex: Get the index of variable list

In nickmckay/GeoChronR: Tools to Analyze and Visualize Time-Uncertain Data

Get the index of variable list

Description

Gets the index for a LiPD "variable list"

Usage

getVariableIndex(
  table,
  var.name = NA,
  alt.names = var.name,
  ignore = NA,
  always.choose = FALSE,
  ask = TRUE,
  strict.search = FALSE
)

Arguments

table	a LiPD measurement, ensemble or summary Table
var.name	string name of the variable to extract
alt.names	A vector of strings for alternative names to search for
ignore	A vector of strings of variableNames to ignore
always.choose	Force selection of the variable from a list
ask	If there is only one option, do you want to be asked whether to use it? (default = TRUE)
strict.search	Use a strict.search to look for the ageEnsemble and depth variables. TRUE(default) or FALSE.

Value

An integer index

See Also

Other LiPD manipulation: createConcatenatedEnsembleMeasurementTable(), createModel(), createMultiModelEnsemble(), createSummaryTableFromEnsembleTable(), createTSid(), estimateUncertaintyFromRange(), mapAgeEnsembleToPaleoData(), pullTsVariable(), selectData()

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