RoME (version 0.2.4)

check_numeric_range: Check of the values range in specific fields

Description

The function checks whether the values contained in specific fields are consistent within the allowed range of values.

Usage

check_numeric_range(Data, Field, Values, year, wd, suffix)

Value

The function returns TRUE if no error occurs, while FALSE is returned when inconsistencies are detected. The list of all the records in which the inconsistency is detected is reported in the logfile.

Arguments

Data

data table according to MEDITS protocol (TX)

Field

Name of the specific field of the selected TX table

Values

Vector of the allowed values for the field to be checked. The first two values are mandatory and indicate the extreme values of the range. The other optional values are single numerical exceptions to the field allowed values.

year

reference year for the analysis

wd

working directory path defined by the user

suffix

Suffix string of the Logfile

Author

W. Zupa

Details

The function checks the consistence of the values contained in specific fields with the relative allowed range of values. The function allows to include exceptions to the allowed range of values for specific values. The check is performed on any of the "TX" data tables.

References

Anonymus. 2017. MEDITS-Handbook. Version n. 9. MEDITS Working Group. 106 pp.

Examples

    wd <- tempdir()
    suffix="2020-03-05_time_h17m44s55"
    Field = "SHOOTING_DEPTH"
    Values = c(10,800,0)
    Data = RoME::TA
    year <- unique(Data$YEAR)[1]
    check_numeric_range(Data, Field, Values, year, wd, suffix)