names_to_codes {COINr}

Generate short codes from long names

Description

Given a character vector of long names (probably with spaces), generates short codes. Intended for use when importing from the COIN Tool.

Usage

names_to_codes(cvec, maxword = 2, maxlet = 4)

Arguments

cvec

A character vector of names

maxword

The maximum number of words to use in building a short name (default 2)

maxlet

The number of letters to take from each word (default 4)

Details

This function replaces the now-defunct names2Codes() from COINr < v1.0.

Value

A corresponding character vector, but with short codes, and no duplicates.

See Also

• import_coin_tool() Import data from the COIN Tool (Excel).

Examples

# get names from example data
iNames <- ASEM_iMeta$iName

# convert to codes
names_to_codes(iNames)