stw_dict: Create new data-dictionary object

In uncoast-unconf/steward: Helps you manage metadata for published datasets

Description

Create new data-dictionary object

Usage

stw_dict(...)

## Default S3 method:
stw_dict(...)

## S3 method for class ''NULL''
stw_dict(data_dict, ...)

## S3 method for class 'character'
stw_dict(name, type, description, levels = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'data.frame'
stw_dict(data_dict, ...)

## S3 method for class 'stw_meta'
stw_dict(meta, ...)

## S3 method for class 'stw_dataset'
stw_dict(dataset, ...)

Arguments

...	additional args (not used)
data_dict	data.frame that has columns name, type, description
name	character name of the dataset
type	character, type of the variable, see Details
description	character, description of the varaible
levels	character, if type is "factor", the levels of the factor
meta	Object with S3 class stw_meta, contains meta-data
dataset	Object with S3 class stw_dataset, a data frame with attached meta-data

Value

object with S3 class stw_dict

uncoast-unconf/steward documentation built on Jan. 7, 2021, 10:38 a.m.