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Standardize Data Types

Source: R/disseminate.R
standardizeDataTypes.Rd

Standardizes data types across columns based on common patterns (e.g., columns ending in "_id" become integers, columns with "date" become dates).

Usage

standardizeDataTypes(data, type_rules = NULL)

Arguments

data

Data frame or tibble

type_rules

List of named character vectors defining type conversion rules. If NULL, applies default heuristics.

Value

Data frame with standardized data types

Details

Default type conversions:

  • Columns named "*_id": convert to integer

  • Columns named "*_date": convert to date (ISO format assumed)

  • Columns named "*_count": convert to integer

  • Columns containing "flag" or "indicator": convert to logical

A conversion is only applied if it preserves every non-missing value. A column that matches a rule but cannot be coerced without introducing NA (for example a character database_id) is left as-is and reported.