sreplace {labelr}

Safely Replace a Data Frame Variable (Column)

Description

sreplace allows one to replace a data.frame column with new values, while preserving the labelr attributes attached to the inputted data.frame.

Usage

sreplace(data, ...)

Arguments

data

a data.frame.

...

an expression that replaces a column in the data.frame.

Details

Note that, while sreplace preserves label meta-data of the supplied data.frame, it does not update or add any new labels. Therefore, if you are altering the range of values for an extant variable, you will need to explicitly instantiate any new or modified labels that you desire via follow-up calls to functions such as add_val_labs(), drop_val_labs(), etc.

You may not use sreplace to generate a new variable (i.e., one not already present in a the supplied data.frame). For that, see sgen or schange.

Value

a data.frame.

Examples

df <- mtcars
# now, add value labels
df <- add_val_labs(
  data = df,
  vars = "am",
  vals = c(0, 1),
  labs = c("automatic", "manual")
)

df <- add_val_labs(
  data = df,
  vars = "carb",
  vals = c(1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8),
  labs = c(
    "1-carb", "2-carbs",
    "3-carbs", "4-carbs",
    "6-carbs", "8-carbs"
  )
)

df <- sreplace(df, mpg = mpg^2) # replace var "mpg"
df <- sreplace(df, am = ifelse(am == 0, 2, am)) # replace var "am"

head(df, 4) # show that data.frame modifications have been made
get_all_lab_atts(df)

df <- add_quant_labs(
  data = df,
  vars = "mpg",
  vals = c(200, 400, 600, 1000, 1500),
  labs = NULL
)

df <- drop_val_labs(
  data = df,
  vars = "am"
)

df <- add_val_labs(
  data = df,
  vars = "am",
  vals = c(1, 2),
  labs = c("manual", "automatic")
)

get_val_labs(df)