validate_age {capl}

Check whether an age is valid for CAPL-2.

Description

This function checks whether an age is valid (numeric and between 8 and 12). CAPL-2 scores and interpretations are valid for children between the ages of 8 and 12 years.

Usage

validate_age(x)

Arguments

x

A numeric vector.

Details

If x contains a decimal value that is otherwise valid (e.g., 8.5, 10.1), this function will return the floor() of the value.

Other capl functions called by this function include: validate_number().

Value

Returns a numeric (integer) vector with a value between 8 and 12 (if valid) or NA (if not valid).

Examples

validate_age(c(7:13, "", NA, "12", 8.5))

# [1] NA  8  9 10 11 12 NA NA NA 12  8