createColumn: Create a column in a LiPD object

In nickmckay/lipdR: LiPD utilities for R

Create a column in a LiPD object

Description

Create a column in a LiPD object

Usage

createColumn(
  L,
  paleo.or.chron = "paleo",
  paleo.or.chron.number = 1,
  table.type = "measurement",
  table.number = 1,
  variableName = NA,
  units = NA,
  values = NA,
  additional.metadata = NA
)

Arguments

L	a LiPD object
paleo.or.chron	is this column for a "paleo" or "chron" table?
paleo.or.chron.number	what number is this paleo or chron object (default = 1)
table.type	"measurement", "ensemble" or "summary" table? (default = "measurement")
table.number	what number is this table object (default = 1)
variableName	what is the variableName (e.g. "depth")
units	what are the units
values	a vector of the values for the column, must be the same length as other columns in the table
additional.metadata	an optional named list of additional metadata to add to the column

Value

updated Lipd object

nickmckay/lipdR documentation built on April 13, 2025, 5:58 p.m.