decompose_taxon_code {SoilTaxonomy} | R Documentation |
Decompose taxon letter codes
Description
Find all codes that logically comprise the specified codes. For instance, code "ABC" ("Anhyturbels") returns "A" ("Gelisols"), "AB" ("Turbels"), "ABC" ("Anhyturbels"). Use in conjunction with a lookup table that maps Order, Suborder, Great Group and Subgroup taxa to their codes (see taxon_code_to_taxon
and taxon_to_taxon_code
).
Usage
decompose_taxon_code(codes)
Arguments
codes |
A character vector of taxon codes to "decompose" – case sensitive |
Details
Accounts for Keys that run out of capital letters (more than 26 subgroups) and use lowercase letters for a unique subdivision within the "fourth character position."
Value
A list with equal length to input vector; one character vector per element
See Also
preceding_taxon_codes
, taxon_code_to_taxon
, taxon_to_taxon_code
Examples
decompose_taxon_code(c("ABC", "ABCDe", "BCDEf"))
[Package SoilTaxonomy version 0.2.4 Index]