madshapR (version 2.0.0)

valueType_of: Return the valueType of an object

Description

Determines the valueType of an object based on typeof() and class(). The possible values returned are 'date', 'datetime', 'boolean', 'integer', 'decimal', and 'text'.

Usage

valueType_of(x)

Value

A character string which is the valueType of the input object.

Arguments

x

Object. Can be a vector.

Details

The valueType is a declared property of a variable that is required in certain functions to determine handling of the variables. Specifically, valueType refers to the OBiBa data type of a variable. The valueType is specified in a data dictionary in a column 'valueType' and can be associated with variables as attributes. Acceptable valueTypes include 'text', 'integer', 'decimal', 'boolean', datetime', 'date'. The full list of OBiBa valueType possibilities and their correspondence with R data types are available using valueType_list. The valueType can be used to coerce the variable to the corresponding data type.

See Also

typeof(), class() Opal documentation

Examples

{

# use madshapR_examples provided by the package
dataset <- madshapR_examples$`dataset_example`
valueType_of(dataset[['part_id']])

# any data frame can be dataset by definition
valueType_of(iris[['Sepal.Length']])

}