translateSPSS2R (version 1.0.0)

xpssVarsToCases: Transforms variables to cases

Description

Creates a transfromed xpssFrame.

Usage

xpssVarsToCases(x, from, idVar = NULL, indexVar = NULL, nullArg = "keep",
countVar = NULL, varLabels = list(id = NULL, index = NULL, count = NULL))

Arguments

x

as a (non-empty) data.frame or input data of class "xpssFrame".

from

variable that opens the span.

idVar

determines whether an id-variable should be created.

indexVar

determines whether an index-variable should be created.

nullArg

Can be either "keep" or "drop".

countVar

determines whether a counter should be created?

varLabels

determines whether labels for id-, index- and count variables are set.

Value

Returns the transformed xpssFrame.

Examples

data(fromXPSS)

xpssVarsToCases(fromXPSS, from = list(c("newVar", "V7_1, V7_2")),
idVar = "myID", indexVar = "myIndex", nullArg = "drop", countVar = "Counter")