Update an existing codebook based on a given dataframe

This function updates a codebook by adding missing variables, removing variables that no longer exist in the dataframe (if specified), and optionally replacing outdated labels.

Usage

UpdateCodebook(
  Dataframe,
  Codebook,
  RemoveMissing = TRUE,
  ReplaceLabels = FALSE
)

Arguments

Dataframe

A dataframe for which the codebook needs to be updated.

Codebook

A dataframe representing the existing codebook with at least a 'Variable' column.

RemoveMissing

Logical; if TRUE, removes variables from the codebook that are not in the dataframe.

ReplaceLabels

Logical; if TRUE, replaces outdated labels in the codebook with new ones from the dataframe.

Value

A list containing:

• UpdatedCodebook: The updated codebook dataframe.

• NewVariables: Variables present in the dataframe but missing from the original codebook.

• NotExistingVariables: Variables in the codebook that are not present in the dataframe.

• MismatchedLabels: A dataframe of variables with mismatched labels between the codebook and the dataframe.