Dictionary class low level constructor

Usage

new_dic(
  x,
  item_name = NULL,
  item_label = NULL,
  values = NULL,
  value_labels = NULL,
  missing = NULL,
  weight = 1,
  type = NULL,
  recodes = NULL,
  class = "item",
  ...,
  .list = NULL,
  .coerce_class = TRUE,
  .message_attr = FALSE
)

Arguments

x: A variable
item_name: Character
item_label: Character
values: Numeric or character vector with values. The vector can be named
value_labels: Character of the form value = label; value2 = label2
missing: Numeric or character vector with values
weight: numeric
type: defaults to data type of x
recodes: Recoding information e.g. 4 = 1, .default = 0
class: default is "item"
...: further dic arguments (e.g. source = "James (1891)")
.list: An alternative way to provide class arguments as a list (overwrites previous arguments)
.coerce_class: Logical. If TRUE, tries to coerce classes of 'x' if class does not match the type argument
.message_attr: Logical. For internal use

Value

An item of class dic.

Examples

x <- new_dic(1:100, item_label = "The label of this item")