fieldToVar

A metadata file, as returned by <code>exportMetaData</code>

A data file, as returned by <code>exportRecords</code>

Logical. Determines if categorical data from REDCap are returned with their numeric codes, 
    or as labelled factors.

factors

Logical. Determines if date variables from REDCap are converted to POSIXlt format.  The API 
               returns dates as character strings by default in YYYY-MM-DD format.

dates

Logical. Determines the format of labels in checkbox variables.  If <code>FALSE</code> labels are
    applies as "Unchecked"/"Checked".  If <code>TRUE</code>, they are applied as ""/"[field_label]" where [field_label] is the
    label assigned to the leve

checkboxLabels

The variable name being converted.  This is used only when <code>checkboxLabels=TRUE</code> in order to 
    extract the checkbox label.

vname

Converts a field exported from REDCap into a valid R vector

methods

Access data stored in REDCap databases using the Application Programming Interface (API).  REDCap (Research Electronic Data CAPture) is a web application for building and managing online surveys and databases developed at Vanderbilt University.  The API allows users to access data and project meta data (such as the data dictionary) from the web programmatically.  The redcapAPI package facilitates the process of accessing data with options to prepare an analysis-ready data set consistent with the definitions in a database's data dictionary.

fieldToVar: Convert a REDCap Data Field to an R Vector

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