fx_info: Effex Function: Information

In sflippl/tectr: User Interface for Complex Datasets

Description

This function provides versatile information on the different variables. fx_output() turns this information into a string.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'fxd_info_stats'
fxe_info(data, topic, statistics, ...)

## S3 method for class 'fxd_info_title'
fxe_info(data, topic, ...)

fx_info(data, topic, ...)

fxe_info(data, topic, ...)

## S3 method for class 'fxd_info'
fxe_info(data, topic, ...)

Arguments

data	A dataframe, possibly with a metaframe
topic	The topic of the information
statistics	a character vector or a list of characters and functions. Function slots must have a name. Functions can accept arguments from metaframe columns. The corresponding column will be fed in first and there will be an additional data column with the entire data. All arguments but the column will only be fed into functions, not characters.
fxInfo_title	character, NULL or list of both. If
arguments	for the information methods

Methods (by generic)

• fxe_info: provides a statistical summary table

• fxe_info: determines a title via fx_info_title()

• fxe_info: If no method for this topic is supplied, this function looks up whether a column fxInfo_<column> exists.

Extension Mechanism

An extension may be defined via fxe_info() which dispatches over fxd("info", topic).

sflippl/tectr documentation built on May 6, 2019, 8:51 a.m.