Create fleet variable using fleet definition table

Add a fleet ID column to the main data using a fleet table (see fleet_table for details).

Usage

fleet_assign(
  dat,
  project,
  fleet_tab,
  assign = NULL,
  overlap = FALSE,
  format_var = "string"
)

dat: Primary data containing information on hauls or trips. Table in FishSET database contains the string 'MainDataTable'.
project: String, name of project.
fleet_tab: String, name of the fleet table stored in FishSET database. Should contain the string `FleetTable`.
assign: Integer, a vector of row numbers from fleet_tab. Only fleet definitions in these rows will be used and added to `MainDataTable`. If assign = NULL (the default), all fleet definitions in the table will be used.
overlap: Logical; whether overlapping fleet assignments are allowed. Defaults to FALSE.
format_var: String. If format_var = "string", a single column named "fleet" will be added to `MainDataTable`. If overlap = TRUE, observations with multiple fleet assignments are duplicated. format_var ="dummy" outputs a binary column for each fleet in the fleet table. Defaults to "string".

Returns the primary dataset with added fleet variable(s).

if (FALSE) {
fleet_assign(pollockMainDataTable, 'pollock', fleet_tab = 'pollockFleetTable', 
             overlap = TRUE)
}