REDCapCAST/reference/doc2dd.md

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# Doc table to data dictionary - EARLY, DOCS MISSING
Works well with \`project.aid::docx2list()\`. Allows defining a database
in a text document (see provided template) for an easier to use data
base creation. This approach allows easier collaboration when defining
the database. The generic case is a data frame with variable names as
values in a column. This is a format like the REDCap data dictionary,
but gives a few options for formatting.
## Usage
``` r
doc2dd(
data,
instrument.name,
col.variables = 1,
list.datetime.format = list(date_dmy = "_dat[eo]$", time_hh_mm_ss = "_ti[md]e?$"),
col.description = NULL,
col.condition = NULL,
col.subheader = NULL,
subheader.tag = "h2",
condition.minor.sep = ",",
condition.major.sep = ";",
col.calculation = NULL,
col.choices = NULL,
choices.char.sep = "/",
missing.default = NA
)
```
## Arguments
- data:
tibble or data.frame with all variable names in one column
- instrument.name:
character vector length one. Instrument name.
- col.variables:
variable names column (default = 1), allows dplyr subsetting
- list.datetime.format:
formatting for date/time detection. See \`case_match_regex_list()\`
- col.description:
descriptions column, allows dplyr subsetting. If empty, variable names
will be used.
- col.condition:
conditions for branching column, allows dplyr subsetting. See
\`char2cond()\`.
- col.subheader:
sub-header column, allows dplyr subsetting. See
\`format_subheader()\`.
- subheader.tag:
formatting tag. Default is "h2"
- condition.minor.sep:
condition split minor. See \`char2cond()\`. Default is ",".
- condition.major.sep:
condition split major. See \`char2cond()\`. Default is ";".
- col.calculation:
calculations column. Has to be written exact. Character vector.
- col.choices:
choices column. See \`char2choice()\`.
- choices.char.sep:
choices split. See \`char2choice()\`. Default is "/".
- missing.default:
value for missing fields. Default is NA.
## Value
tibble or data.frame (same as data)
## Examples
``` r
# data <- dd_inst
# data |> doc2dd(instrument.name = "evt",
# col.description = 3,
# col.condition = 4,
# col.subheader = 2,
# col.calculation = 5,
# col.choices = 6)
```