code {rcoder}

Encode a label to a value with other metadata

Description

The most fundamental components of a 'code' object are the 'label' and 'value' elements. A 'code' object is essentially a key-value tuple that has some extra metadata.

Usage

code(
  label,
  value,
  description = label,
  links_from = label,
  missing = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

label

A short label for a value in a vector

value

The raw value found in the respective vector

description

A longer-form label for the value, if extra context for that label is needed

links_from

A reference to another 'code' in another 'coding' object for recoding purposes.

missing

Whether this 'code' represents a missing response

...

Any extra metadata

Value

A 'code' object that contains the key-value map of label to value

Examples

code("Yes", 1)
code("No", 0)
code(
  "No response", -88,
  description = "Participant ignored question when prompted",
  missing = TRUE
)
code("Missing", NA, links_from = c("Refused", "Absent"))