Column types, the tabxplor 1.x spelling

In tabxplor 1.x a fmt column carried one type attribute, whose seven values conflated two facts. Since 2.0.0 they are two attributes: get_scale() / set_scale() say what the column estimates (a key into the declared scale table), and get_pct_type() / set_pct_type() say which kind of percentage it holds. These two functions translate, so 1.x code keeps running; they are defunct in tabxplor 2.1.0.

get_type() re-fuses what 2.0.0 split, so it is a reading aid rather than an accessor: level_mean reads back "mean", level_n reads "n", a level percentage reads its own pct_type, and every effect scale (a difference, a ratio, an odds ratio, a coefficient) reads "coef" — distinctions 1.x could not make are lost on the way back.

Usage

set_type(x, type)

get_type(x, ...)

Arguments

x

A fmt vector, or a data frame of them.

type

One of "row", "col", "all", "all_tabs", "mean", "n", "coef".

...

Used in methods to add arguments in the future.

Value

get_type() a character vector; set_type() a modified fmt vector.

Functions

• set_type(): set the retired type attribute of a fmt vector

• get_type(): get the retired type of fmt columns

See also

get_scale(), set_scale(), get_pct_type(), set_pct_type(), fmt_attr().

Examples

x <- fmt(n = c(10, 20), pct = c(0.3, 0.7), scale = "level_pct", pct_type = "row")
get_type(x)
#> [1] "row"