Set dictionary information to variables

Usage

set_dic(data, .vars = NULL, ...)

Arguments

data: A data frame or a vector.
.vars: Character vector with variable names. If data is a data frame, address these variables. If left NULL and data is a data frame, all variables from the data frame are addressed.
...: dic attributes of the form attribute = value.

Value

A data frame or a vector with added dic attributes.

Details

Standard attributes are: "item_name", "item_label", "weight", "type", "values", "value_labels", "missing".

Examples

hap_1 <- sample(1:5, 30, replace = TRUE)
set_dic(hap_1,
   item_label = "How do you feel today?",
   scale = "hap",
   scale_label = "Happiness",
   values = 1:3,
   value_labels = "1 = not happy; 2 = in between; 3 = happy"
)
#> 1: Attribute 'item_name' missing and set to 'hap_1'.
#> 2: Attribute 'type' missing and set to 'integer'.
#> 3: Attribute 'weight' missing and set to 1.
#> # How do you feel today? (Happiness) 
#> # Data type is integer
#> # Valid values: 1:3
#> # Value labels:
#> #   1 = not happy
#> #   2 = in between
#> #   3 = happy
#> # Length: 30
#>  [1] 5 3 5 3 5 3 2 5 4 4 5 4 1 1 5 1 5 5 2 1 3 3 4 5 2 5 5 5 5 3