NMstamp function

stamp a dataset or any other object

Dataset metadata can be valuable, eg. by tracing an archived dataset back to the code that generated it. The metadata added by NMstamp can be accessed using the function NMinfo.

NMstamp(data, script, time = Sys.time(), ...)

Arguments

• data: The dataset to stamp.
• script: path to the script where the dataset was generated.
• time: the time stamp to attach. Default is to use cpu clock.
• ...: other named metadata elements to add to the dataset. Example: Description="PK data for phase 1 trials in project".

Returns

data with meta data attached. Class unchanged.

Details

NMstamp modifies the meta data by reference. See example.

Examples

x=1
NMstamp(x,script="example.R",description="Example data")
NMinfo(x)

See Also

NMinfo

Other DataCreate: NMorderColumns(), NMwriteData(), addTAPD(), findCovs(), findVars(), flagsAssign(), flagsCount(), mergeCheck(), tmpcol()