codify_age_method: Code ageing methods to standardized character strings

In nwfsc-assess/PacFIN.Utilities: Generate fishery composition data from PacFIN data for the NWFSC

Code ageing methods to standardized character strings

Description

Code ageing error methods to a set of standard character strings because some agencies use different codes for the same method. For example, break and burn can be "B", "BB", or 1.

Usage

codify_age_method(x)

Arguments

x	A vector that can be a mix of integers and characters.

Details

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

• B-break and burn;

• E-enhanced break and burn;

• L-length;

• M-more than one age method was used, e.g., "B" and "S";

• N-not aged;

• O-optical scanner;

• X-sectioning

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

• 1-break and burn;

• 2-surface;

• 3-scales;

• 4-thin section;

• 5-optical scanner;

• 6-length;

• 9-unable;

• 10-break and bake;

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

• B-break and burn;

• S-surface;

• T-thin section

Value

A vector of characters.

Author(s)

Kelli F. Johnson

Examples

codify_age_method(c("B", "1", "AA", NA))

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