clinpubr (version 1.1.1)

split_multichoice: Split multi-choice data into columns

Description

Split multi-choice data into columns, each new column consists of booleans whether a choice is presented.

Usage

split_multichoice(
  df,
  quest_cols,
  split = "",
  remove_space = TRUE,
  link = "_",
  remove_cols = TRUE
)

Value

A data frame with additional columns.

Arguments

df

A data frame.

quest_cols

A vector of column names that contain multi-choice data.

split

A string to split the data. Default is "".

remove_space

If TRUE, remove space in the data.

link

A string to link the column name and the option. Default is "_".

remove_cols

If TRUE, remove the original columns.

Examples

df <- data.frame(q1 = c("ab", "c da", "b a", NA), q2 = c("a b", "a c", "d", "ab"))
split_multichoice(df, quest_cols = c("q1", "q2"))