Get / Set a variable label
Get / Set a variable label
var_label(x, unlist = FALSE) var_label(x) <- value set_variable_labels(.data, ..., .labels = NA, .strict = TRUE)
x |
a vector or a data.frame |
unlist |
for data frames, return a named vector instead of a list |
value |
a character string or |
.data |
a data frame |
... |
name-value pairs of variable labels (see examples) |
.labels |
variable labels to be applied to the data.frame,
using the same syntax as |
.strict |
should an error be returned if some labels
doesn't correspond to a column of |
For data frames, if value is a named list, only elements whose name will
match a column of the data frame will be taken into account. If value
is a character vector, labels should in the same order as the columns of the
data.frame.
set_variable_labels() will return an updated copy of .data.
set_variable_labels() could be used with dplyr syntax.
var_label(iris$Sepal.Length)
var_label(iris$Sepal.Length) <- 'Length of the sepal'
## Not run:
View(iris)
## End(Not run)
# To remove a variable label
var_label(iris$Sepal.Length) <- NULL
# To change several variable labels at once
var_label(iris) <- c(
"sepal length", "sepal width", "petal length",
"petal width", "species"
)
var_label(iris)
var_label(iris) <- list(
Petal.Width = "width of the petal",
Petal.Length = "length of the petal"
)
var_label(iris)
var_label(iris, unlist = TRUE)
if (require(dplyr)) {
# adding some variable labels
df <- tibble(s1 = c("M", "M", "F"), s2 = c(1, 1, 2)) %>%
set_variable_labels(s1 = "Sex", s2 = "Yes or No?")
var_label(df)
# removing a variable label
df <- df %>% set_variable_labels(s2 = NULL)
var_label(df$s2)
# Set labels from dictionary, e.g. as read from external file
# One description is missing, one has no match
description = tibble(
name = c(
"Sepal.Length", "Sepal.Width", "Petal.Length", "Petal.Width",
"Something"),
label = c(
"Sepal length", "Sepal width", "Petal length", "Petal width",
"something")
)
var_labels <- setNames(as.list(description$label), description$name)
iris_labelled <- iris %>%
set_variable_labels(.labels = var_labels, .strict = FALSE)
var_label(iris_labelled)
# defining variable labels derived from variable names
if (require(snakecase)) {
iris <- iris %>%
set_variable_labels(.labels = to_sentence_case(names(iris)))
var_label(iris)
}
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