utility to convert aliases to proper colnames of map_headernames used by varinfo() and fixcolnames()

utility to convert aliases to proper colnames of map_headernames used by varinfo() and fixcolnames()

Usage

fixmapheadernamescolname(
  x,
  alias_list = list(rname = c("r", "rnames"), longname = c("long", "longnames", "full",
    "description"), shortlabel = c("short", "shortname", "shortnames", "shortlabels",
    "labels", "label"), acsname = c("acs", "acsnames"), apiname = c("api", "apinames"),
    csvname = c("csv", "csvnames"), oldname = c("original", "old", "oldnames"))
)

Arguments

x

character vector of colnames of map_headernames, or aliases like "long" (ignores case)

alias_list

optional named list where canonical names (colnames in map_headernames) are the names of vectors of alternative names

Value

vector where aliases are replaced with actual colnames and unmatched ones left as-is

See also

fixnames_aliases() fixcolnames() varinfo()

Examples

  EJAM:::fixmapheadernamescolname(c('long', 'csv', 'api', 'r'))