dist_col_type {representr}

dist_col_type Inner column type record distance function

Description

dist_col_type Inner column type record distance function

Usage

dist_col_type(a, b, col_type, weights, orders)

Arguments

a

record a

b

record b

col_type

A vector encoding the column type for each column in the dataset. Can take values in "categorical", "ordinal", "string", or "numeric"

weights

A vector of weights for each column for making some column distances more important. Must sum to 1. Defaults to equal weights.

orders

A named list containing the order of the levels in each ordinal column. Defaults to NULL, which corresponds to no ordinal variables.