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Build mdJSON Data Dictionaries

Source: R/build.mdJSON.R
build.mdJSON.Rd

Translates a data frame of a tabular data dictionary into an list object that can be subsequently converted to mdJSON and imported to mdEditor as a Dictionary Record. The input tabular data dictionary must be formatted to a template.

Usage

build.mdJSON(x, title)

Arguments

x

Data frame of the tabular data dictionary.

title

String designating the title of the Dictionary Record in mdEditor.Default=deparse(match.call()$x).

Value

Returns a list object corresponding to the tabular data dictionary.

See also

build.table()

Examples

# Import tabular data dictionary as data frame
path<-system.file("extdata", "e.g.dictionary.xlsx", package = "mdJSONdictio")
input.table<-readxl::read_excel(path = path)

# Translate data frame to list
new.list<- mdJSONdictio::build.mdJSON(x = input.table, title = "Example Dictionary")

# Convert list to JSON
new.json = rjson::toJSON(x = new.list)

# Export JSON to disk
write(x = new.json, file = "e.g.dictionary.json")