Currently there is only one rectifier, simple_rectify(), which conducts a simple pivot of the dataset into a rectangular frame, using the column number for headings.
The aim of a "smart" rectifier would be to work more easily with spreadsheets that aren't tidy, specifically:
- guess the row containing column headings, or use a row/headings provided by the user
- guess the data type of columns, or use types provided by the user
- skip specific rows
Users should still rely on unpivotr for complex data structures.
Currently there is only one rectifier,
simple_rectify(), which conducts a simple pivot of the dataset into a rectangular frame, using the column number for headings.The aim of a "smart" rectifier would be to work more easily with spreadsheets that aren't tidy, specifically:
Users should still rely on unpivotr for complex data structures.