decompose_taxon_code: Decompose Soil Taxonomy Taxon Letter Codes to Parent Codes
Description
Find all codes that logically comprise the specified codes. For instance, code "ABC" ("Anhyturbels") returns "A" ("Gelisols"), "AB" ("Turbels"), "ABC" ("Anhyturbels"). Use in conjunction with a lookup table that maps Order, Suborder, Great Group and Subgroup taxa to their codes (see taxon_code_to_taxon and taxon_to_taxon_code).
Usage
decompose_taxon_code(codes)
Arguments
codes
A character vector of taxon codes to "decompose" -- case sensitive
Value
A list with equal length to input vector; one character vector per element
Details
Accounts for Keys that run out of capital letters (more than 26 subgroups) and use lowercase letters for a unique subdivision within the "fourth character position."