update_record {starschemar}

Update a dimension record with a set of values

Description

For a dimension, given the primary key of one record, it adds an update to the set of updates that modifies the combination of values of the rest of attributes of the selected record so that they become those given.

Usage

update_record(updates = NULL, dimension, old, values = vector())

## S3 method for class 'record_update_set'
update_record(updates = NULL, dimension, old, values = vector())

Arguments

updates

A record_update_set object.

dimension

A dimension_table object, dimension to update.

old

A number, primary key of the record to modify.

values

A vector of character values.

Details

Primary key is only used to get the combination of values easily. The update is defined exclusively from the rest of values.

Value

A record_update_set object.

See Also

Other data cleaning functions: get_conformed_dimension(), get_conformed_dimension_names(), get_dimension(), get_dimension_names(), match_records(), modify_conformed_dimension_records(), modify_dimension_records(), record_update_set(), update_selection(), update_selection_general()

Examples

dim_names <- st_mrs_age |>
    get_dimension_names()

where <- st_mrs_age |>
  get_dimension("where")

# head(where, 2)

updates <- record_update_set() |>
  update_record(
    dimension = where,
    old = 1,
    values = c("1", "CT", "Bridgeport")
  )