check_iData {COINr}

Check iData

Description

Checks the format of iData input to new_coin(). This check must be passed to successfully build a new coin.

Usage

check_iData(iData, quietly = FALSE)

Arguments

iData

A data frame of indicator data.

quietly

Set TRUE to suppress message if input is valid.

Details

The restrictions on iData are not extensive. It should be a data frame with only one required column uCode which gives the code assigned to each unit (alphanumeric, not starting with a number). All other columns are defined by corresponding entries in iMeta, with the following special exceptions:

• Time is an optional column which allows panel data to be input, consisting of e.g. multiple rows for each uCode: one for each Time value. This can be used to split a set of panel data into multiple coins (a so-called "purse") which can be input to COINr functions. See new_coin() for more details.

• uName is an optional column which specifies a longer name for each unit. If this column is not included, unit codes (uCode) will be used as unit names where required.

No column names should contain blank spaces.

Value

Message if everything ok, else error messages.

Examples

check_iData(ASEM_iData)