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Validate mdJSON Data Dictionaries

Source: R/validate.mdJSON.R
validate.mdJSON.Rd

Compares an mdJSON data dictionary to a tabular dataset and summarizes discrepancies in a data frame.

Usage

validate.mdJSON(x, y, entity_num = 1)

Arguments

x

List object converted from an mdJSON file.

y

Data frame of a dataset.

entity_num

Default=1. Integer indicating the entity if there is more than one in the mdJSON file.

Value

Returns a data frame comprised of warning messages about the mdJSON data dictionary.

See also

validate.mdJSON()

Examples

# Import mdJSON data dictionary as list
path<-system.file("extdata", "e.g.dictionary2.json", package = "mdJSONdictio")
input.dxnry <- rjson::fromJSON(file = path)

# Import tabular dataset as data frame
path<-system.file("extdata", "e.g.dataset.csv", package = "mdJSONdictio")
input.data<-read.csv(file = path, na.strings = "", stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

# Validate list against data frame
all.warnings<- validate.mdJSON(x = input.dxnry, y = input.data, entity_num = 1)

# Export table to disk
write.csv(x = all.warnings, file = "e.g.warnings.csv")