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Add leading zeros to all columns that can be identified as integers in a character data.frame

addLeadingZeros.Rd

Adds leading zeros to all columns that can be identified as integers in a data.frame that consists of character columns only.

Usage

addLeadingZerosToCharInt(dat)

Arguments

dat

a data.frame consisting of character columns only

Value

a data.frame of only character columns and the same dimensions as the input data.frame. In any column containing strings that can be converted to integers, these strings will be padded with leading zeros so that all values in the column have the same number of digits.

Author

Karoline Sachse

Examples

dat <- data.frame(v1 = c("0","300","e",NA),
                  v2=c("0","90","10000",NA),
                  v3=c("k","kk","kkk",NA),
                  v4=NA,
                  v5=c("0","90","100","1"))
dat <- set.col.type(dat)
addLeadingZerosToCharInt(dat)
#>     v1    v2   v3   v4  v5
#> 1    0 00000    k <NA> 000
#> 2  300 00090   kk <NA> 090
#> 3    e 10000  kkk <NA> 100
#> 4 <NA>  <NA> <NA> <NA> 001