Create Suggested Names for GESIS Columns

Source: R/label_suggest.R

Create canonical variable names (labels) that do not vary across several SPSS files from different years.

label_suggest(var_label_orig, var_name_orig)

Arguments

var_label_orig

A character vector of original variable labels.
var_name_orig

A character vector of original variable names.

Value

A character vector with the same length as the two input character vectors.

Examples

 var_name_orig = c(
 'v335', 'v121', 'v150', 'v83', 'qa6a_3', 'qa8a_5', 'qa10_9'
 )

 var_label_orig = c(
 'QA17_1 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - TRUST',
 'Q26 COUNCIL OF MINISTERS - TRUST',
 'Q17 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - TRUST',
 'Q10 TRUST IN INSTITUTIONS: CIVIL SERVICE',
 'TRUST IN INSTITUTIONS: JUSTICE / LEGAL SYSTEM',
 'TRUST IN INSTITUTIONS: REG/LOC PUBLIC AUTHORITIES',
 'TRUST IN INSTITUTIONS: UNITED NATIONS'
 )

 label_suggest(
 var_label_orig = var_label_orig,
 var_name_orig = var_name_orig
 )
#> [1] "european_parliament_trust"                       
#> [2] "council_of_ministers_trust"                      
#> [3] "european_commission_trust"                       
#> [4] "trust_in_institutions_civil_service"             
#> [5] "trust_in_institutions_justice_legal_system"      
#> [6] "trust_in_institutions_reg_loc_public_authorities"
#> [7] "trust_in_institutions_united_nations"