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:zap: retains factor levels (even if unseen) when pasting an existing…
jonocarroll Jul 23, 2018
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Added NEWS item
jonocarroll Jul 23, 2018
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bugfix - factor over as.factor to allow levels
jonocarroll Jul 23, 2018
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions NEWS.md
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# datapasta 3.0.1
* Exported `_format` functions
* Adds `dt_paste` function for pasting as `data.table` (@jonocarroll, #72, closes #70)
* Factor levels are now preserved (even if unseen) when pasting (@jonocarroll, #75, closes #39)

# datapasta 3.0.0 'Colander Helmet'

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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions R/dfdt_paste.R
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Expand Up @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ dfdt_construct <- function(input_table, oc = console_context(), class = NULL) {
return(NULL)
}
col_types <- lapply(input_table, base::class) # prevent clobbering by local class variable
factor_levels <- lapply(input_table, levels)
#Store types as characters so the char lengths can be computed
input_table <- as.data.frame(lapply(input_table, as.character), stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
#Store types as characters so the char lengths can be computed
Expand All @@ -117,9 +118,10 @@ dfdt_construct <- function(input_table, oc = console_context(), class = NULL) {
if(any(col_types == "factor")){
list_of_factor_cols <-
lapply(which(col_types == "factor"), function(x) paste(pad_to(names(cols[x]), charw), "=",
paste0("as.factor(c(",
paste0("factor(c(",
paste0( unlist(lapply(cols[[x]], render_type, col_types[[x]])), collapse=", "),
"))"
"), levels = c(",
paste0(unlist(lapply(factor_levels[[x]], render_type, col_types[[x]])), collapse = ", "),"))"
)
)
)
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