clean_redcap_name

Stepwise removal on non-alphanumeric characters, trailing white space,
substitutes spaces for underscores and converts to lower case.
Trying to make up for different naming conventions.

Originally forked from the R part of 'REDCapRITS' by Paul Egeler.
See <https://github.com/pegeler/REDCapRITS>.
'REDCap' database casting and handling of castellated data when using
repeated instruments and longitudinal projects. Keeps a focused data export
approach, by allowing to only export required data from the database.
'REDCap' (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure, web-based software
platform designed to support data capture for research studies, providing
1) an intuitive interface for validated data capture; 2) audit trails for
tracking data manipulation and export procedures; 3) automated export
procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages; and
4) procedures for data integration and interoperability with external
sources (Harris et al (2009) <doi:10.1016/j.jbi.2008.08.010>;
Harris et al (2019) <doi:10.1016/j.jbi.2019.103208>).

Andreas Gammelgaard Damsbo

REDCapCAST

REDCap Castellated Data Handling

Paul Egeler

clean_redcap_name function

<dl><dt>x</dt>
<dd>vector or data frame for cleaning</dd></dl>

Arguments

clean_redcap_name — clean_redcap_name

<dl>

<dt>x</dt>
<dd>vector or data frame for cleaning</dd>

</dl>

clean_redcap_name: clean_redcap_name

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