change_case {FAOSTAT}

Change case of column names

Description

Columns from FAOSTAT frequently have parentheses and other non-alphanumeric characters. This suite of functions seeks to give control over these names for easier data analysis

Usage

change_case(
  old_names,
  new_case = c("make.names", "unsanitised", "unsanitized", "snake_case"),
  ...
)

Arguments

old_names

character. Vector of the names to be changed

new_case

character. Choice of new names:

• make_names - (default) use the make.names function in R to sanitise names

• unsanitised/unsanitized - Return names as they are

• snake_case - Names are converted to lowercase and separators are replaced with underscores

...

extra arguments to pass to sanitisation function (only works for make.names)