dl_dec_char_detect: Decimal character detection

In sapfluxnet/sapfluxnetQC1: Package with functions related to sapfluxnet project data

Description

Decimal character detection to csv files loading with data.table::fread

Usage

dl_dec_char_detect(file, n = 1000, parent_logger = "test")

Arguments

file	Character vector indicating the name (and route) of the file in which the decimal character must be guessed.
n	Numeric indicating the sample size of rows to use in the decimal character guessing.

Details

With data coming from any place in the world, data loading functions have to cope with different decimal characters, separator characters... fread can autodetect separator character at loading data, but decimal character must be specified in order to load correct data. This function aims to provide an easy way to autodetect decimal character to automatize data loading proccess.

Value

A character vector containing the decimal character, to use in the fread order to load the data.

Algorithm

The process to determine the decimal character is as follows:

1. 1000 rows and 4 variables are sampled from the data.

2. For each variable, number of dots (.) and commas (,) are calculated.

3. If the number of dots is larger than the commas, dot is selected as decimal character. If the number of commas is larger than the dots, comma is selected as decimal character.

See Also

Other Data Loading Functions: dl_data_col_classes, dl_data, dl_get_si_code, dl_metadata, dl_na_char_generator, qc_as_timestamp, remove_dupcols

sapfluxnet/sapfluxnetQC1 documentation built on May 29, 2019, 1:50 p.m.