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rtemis (version 1.4.3)

dt_set_clean_all: Clean column names and factor levels in-place

Description

Clean column names and factor levels in-place

Usage

dt_set_clean_all(x, prefix_digits = NA)

Value

Nothing, modifies x

in-place.

Arguments

x

data.table: Input data.table. Will be modified in-place, if needed.

prefix_digits

Character: prefix to add to names beginning with a digit. Set to NA to skip

Author

EDG

Examples

Run this code
library(data.table)
x <- as.data.table(iris)
levels(x[["Species"]]) <- c("setosa:iris", "versicolor$iris", "virginica iris")
names(x)
levels(x[["Species"]])
# ***in-place*** operation means no assignment is needed
dt_set_clean_all(x)
names(x)
levels(x[["Species"]])

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