Check_Dupe_Columns {Colossus}

checks for duplicated column names

Description

Check_Dupe_Columns checks for duplicated columns, columns with the same values, and columns with 1 value. Currently not updated for multi-terms

Usage

Check_Dupe_Columns(df, cols, term_n, verbose = FALSE, factor_check = FALSE)

Arguments

df

a data.table containing the columns of interest

cols

columns to check

term_n

term numbers

verbose

boolean to control if additional information is printed to the console, also accepts 0/1 integer

factor_check

a boolean used to skip comparing columns of the form ?_? with the same initial string, which is used for factored columns

Value

returns the usable columns

See Also

Other Data Cleaning Functions: Check_Trunc(), Correct_Formula_Order(), Date_Shift(), Def_Control(), Def_Control_Guess(), Def_model_control(), Def_modelform_fix(), Joint_Multiple_Events(), Replace_Missing(), Time_Since(), factorize(), factorize_par(), gen_time_dep(), interact_them()

Examples

library(data.table)
a <- c(0,1,2,3,4,5,6)
b <- c(1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
c <- c(0,1,2,1,0,1,0)
df <- data.table::data.table("a"=a,"b"=b,"c"=c)
cols <- c("a","b","c")
term_n <- c(0,0,1)
unique_cols <- Check_Dupe_Columns(df, cols, term_n)