ColumnDef: Constructor for 'ColumnDef' object

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Description

Constructor for ColumnDef object

Usage

ColumnDef(columnName, type = NULL, categories = NULL, unit = "",
  displayName = NULL)

Arguments

columnName	(character) name of column as it appears in the raw data
type	(character) how to interpret values in the column, e.g. "numeric" or "categorical" or "logical"
categories	(NULL or factor) expected levels in a categorical column. If this is entered as vector of character values, they will be coerced into factors
unit	(character) unit of the column
displayName	(character) name to use for column in outputs

Value

An ColumnDef object

See Also

ColumnDef-class

Examples

#Define columns corresponding to arm
#coercing categories into factors
armDef <- ColumnDef(columnName = "grp",
                   type = "categorical",
                   categories = c("patchOnly", "combination"))

#Define columns corresponding to covariates
covariateDef <- list(
  ColumnDef(columnName = "age",
            type = "numeric",
            unit= "years"),
  
  ColumnDef(columnName = "race",
            type = "categorical",
            categories = factor(c("black", "hispanic", "other", "white"),
                                levels=c("black", "white", "hispanic", "other"))))

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