nhanesA (version 0.6.5.3)

nhanesAttr: Returns the attributes of an NHANES data table.

Description

Returns attributes such as number of rows, columns, and memory size, but does not return the table itself.

Usage

nhanesAttr(nh_table)

Arguments

nh_table

The name of the specific table to retrieve

Value

The following attributes are returned as a list nrow = number of rows ncol = number of columns names = name of each column unique = true if all SEQN values are unique na = number of 'NA' cells in the table size = total size of table in bytes types = data types of each column

Details

nhanesAttr allows one to check the size and other charactersistics of a data table before importing into R. To retrieve these characteristics, the specified table is downloaded, characteristics are determined, then the table is deleted.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
nhanesAttr('BPX_E')
nhanesAttr('FOLATE_F')
# }