cast_variables

Function to cast datasets columns if they have differing types
Restricted to specific cases, currently integer and double, and character and factor

internal

Functions for comparing two data.frames against
each other. The core functionality is to provide a detailed breakdown of any differences
between two data.frames as well as providing utility functions to help narrow down the
source of problems and differences.

Craig Gower-Page

diffdf

Dataframe Difference Tool

cast_variables function

<dl><dt>BASE</dt>
<dd>base dataset</dd>
<dt>COMPARE</dt>
<dd>comparison dataset</dd>
<dt>ignore_vars</dt>
<dd>Variables not to be considered for casting</dd>
<dt>cast_integers</dt>
<dd>Logical - Whether integers should be cased to double when compared to doubles</dd>
<dt>cast_factors</dt>
<dd>Logical - Whether characters should be casted to characters when compared to characters</dd></dl>

Arguments

cast_variables — cast_variables

<dl>

<dt>BASE</dt>
<dd>base dataset</dd>


<dt>COMPARE</dt>
<dd>comparison dataset</dd>


<dt>ignore_vars</dt>
<dd>Variables not to be considered for casting</dd>


<dt>cast_integers</dt>
<dd>Logical - Whether integers should be cased to double when compared to doubles</dd>


<dt>cast_factors</dt>
<dd>Logical - Whether characters should be casted to characters when compared to characters</dd>

</dl>

cast_variables: cast_variables

Description

Usage

Arguments