recode_as_value {mde}

Recode a value as another value

Description

This provides a convenient way to convert a number/value to another value.

Usage

recode_as_value(
  df,
  value = NULL,
  replacement_value = NULL,
  subset_cols = NULL,
  pattern_type = NULL,
  pattern = NULL,
  case_sensitive = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

df

A data.frame object for which recoding is to be done.

value

The value/vector of values to convert.

replacement_value

New value.

subset_cols

An optional character vector to define columns for which changes are required.

pattern_type

One of contains', 'starts_with' or 'ends_with'.

pattern

A character pattern to match

case_sensitive

Defaults to FALSE. Patterns are case insensitive if TRUE

...

Other arguments to other functions

Value

An object of the same class as x with values changed to 'NA'.

Examples

head(recode_as_value(airquality,
value=c(67,118),replacement=NA, pattern_type="starts_with",pattern="S|O"))