check_player_names: Check for similar player names

In raymondben/datavolley: Reading and Analyzing DataVolley Scout Files

Check for similar player names

Description

Player names can sometimes be spelled incorrectly, particularly if there are character encoding issues. This can be a particular problem when combining data from multiple files. This function checks for similar names that might possibly be multiple variants on the same name.

Usage

check_player_names(x, distance_threshold = 4)

Arguments

x	datavolley: a datavolley object as returned by dv_read, or list of such objects
distance_threshold	numeric: if two names differ by an amount less than this threshold, they will be returned as possible matches

Value

data.frame

See Also

dv_read, adist

Examples

## Not run: 
  x <- dv_read(dv_example_file(), insert_technical_timeouts = FALSE)
  check_player_names(x)

## End(Not run)

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