Creates numeric variables divided into equal sized groups

Creates numeric variables divided into equal sized groups

Usage

bin_var(dat, project, var, br, name = "bin", labs = NULL, ...)

Arguments

dat

Primary data containing information on hauls or trips. Table in FishSET database contains the string 'MainDataTable'.

project

String, name of project.

var

Numeric variable in dat to bin into a factor.

br

Numeric vector. If a single number, the range of var is divided into br even groups. If two or more values are given, var is divided into intervals.

name

Variable name to return. Defaults to `bin`.

labs

A character string of category labels.

...

Additional arguments passed to cut.

Value

Returns the primary dataset with binned variable added.

Details

Function adds a new factor variable, labeled by name, to the primary dataset. The numeric variable is divided into equal sized groups if the length of br is equal to one and into intervals if the length of br is greater than one.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
 pollockMainDataTable <- bin_var(pollockMainDataTable, 'pollock', 'HAUL', 10, 'HAULCAT')
 pollockMainDataTable <- bin_var(pollockMainDataTable, 'pollock', 'HAUL', c(5,10), 'HAULCAT')
}