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prMapVariable2Name: A function that tries to resolve what variable corresponds to what row

Description

As both the getCrudeAndAdjustedModelData and the printCrudeAndAdjustedModel need to now exactly what name from the coef/summary.rms correspond to we for generalizeability this rather elaborate function.

Usage

prMapVariable2Name(var_names, available_names, data, force_match = TRUE)

Arguments

var_names
The variable names that are saught after
available_names
The names that are available to search through
data
The data set that is saught after
force_match
Whether all variables need to be identified or not. E.g. you may only want to use some variables and already pruned the available_names and therefore wont have matches. This is the case when getCrudeAndAdjustedModelData has been used together with the var_select argument.

Value

list Returns a list with each element has the corresponding variable name and a subsequent list with the parameters no_rows and location indiciting the number of rows corresponding to that element and where those rows are located. For factors the list also contains lvls and no_lvls.