sjPlot (version 1.7)

get_val_labels: Retrieve value labels of a variable or an SPSS-imported data frame

Description

This function retrieves the value labels of an imported SPSS data set (via read_spss) and

• ifxis a data frame, returns the all variable's value labels aslistobject
• or, ifxis a vector, returns the label as string.

Usage

get_val_labels(x)

Value

Either a list with all value labels from the data frame's variables, or a string with the value labels, if x is a variable.

See Also

• http://www.strengejacke.de/sjPlot/datainit/{sjPlot manual: data initialization}
• http://www.strengejacke.de/sjPlot/view_spss/{sjPlot manual: inspecting (SPSS imported) data frames}
• read_spss
• write_spss
• to_label
• to_value
• to_fac
• set_val_labels
• get_var_labels
• set_var_labels

Examples

# import SPSS data set
# mydat <- read_spss("my_spss_data.sav", enc="UTF-8")

# retrieve variable labels
# mydat.var <- get_var_labels(mydat)

# retrieve value labels
# mydat.val <- get_val_labels(mydat)

data(efc)
get_val_labels(efc$e42dep)