format_redcap_factor function

Converts REDCap choices to factor levels and stores in labels attribute

Converts REDCap choices to factor levels and stores in labels attribute

Applying as_factor to the data.frame or variable, will coerce to a factor.

format_redcap_factor(data, meta)

Arguments

  • data: vector
  • meta: vector of REDCap choices

Returns

vector of class "labelled" with a "labels" attribute

Examples

format_redcap_factor(sample(1:3, 20, TRUE), "1, First. | 2, second | 3, THIRD")