copy_lab: Copy variable label and value labels

In shug0131/cctu: In-House Functions for Report Writing at Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit

Copy variable label and value labels

Description

copy_lab copy the variable label and value labels or returns old_var to variable new_var and return new_var.

Usage

copy_lab(new_var, old_var, strict = TRUE)

Arguments

new_var	Variable to be copied to.
old_var	Variable to be copied from.
strict	Should the variables should be the same mode.

Value

copy_lab returns new_var with same variable label and value labels as old_var.

Examples

var_with_lab <- rep(1:2, 5)
var_lab(var_with_lab) <- "Income"
val_lab(var_with_lab) <- c("Low" = 1, "High" = 2)
var_nolab <- rep(1:2, 10)
var_ut <- copy_lab(var_nolab, var_with_lab)

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