taxotools (version 0.0.23)

melt_cs_field: Build a list separating character (comma) separated field into separate records

Description

Builds a list separating character (comma) separated field given a data frame with a field with repeating values

Usage

melt_cs_field(data, pri, sepchar = ",")

Arguments

data

data frame containing a data columns with character(comma) separated values

pri

Primary field name with character(comma) separated values

sepchar

Character separator between the data items. Default is comma

Value

a data frame with separate records for each value in primary field specified

See Also

Other List functions: cast_cs_field

Examples

# NOT RUN {
scnames <- c("Abrothrix longipilis", "Abrothrix jelskii")
syn_list <- list_itis_syn(scnames)
cs_syn_list <- cast_cs_field(syn_list ,"Name","Syn")
syn_list_new <- melt_cs_field(cs_syn_list,"Syn")
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }

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