keyfuns: Convenience functions for merging and separating keys

In rplzzz/AHRQcomorb: Convert diagnosis codes to comorbidity lists

Convenience functions for merging and separating keys

Description

Convenience functions for merging and separating keys

Usage

mergekeys(tbl, idcols, synthid = "id", drop = TRUE, sepchar = intToUtf8(31))

splitkeys(tbl, idcols, synthid = "id", drop = TRUE, sepchar = intToUtf8(31))

Arguments

tbl	Input table
idcols	Names of the columns with the separated keys
synthid	Name of the column with the synthetic key
drop	If TRUE, remove the input column(s) from the output
sepchar	Character to use to separate elements in the synthetic key (default is ASCII Unit Separator (^_)

Functions

• mergekeys(): Merge two or more columns into a synthetic key

• splitkeys(): Separate synthetic key into two or more columns

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