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Look up expected column names and order

Source: R/get_expected_columns.R
get_expected_columns.Rd

get_expected_columns() looks up the column names and order expected at different points in the data pipeline. The columns themselves are set in the expected_columns list object.

Usage

get_expected_columns(type, existing = character(0))

Arguments

type

What type (point along the data pipeline) are the names for, currently one of

  • calibrated output from import_calibrated_data()

  • intermediate intermediate in QC process this includes the individual flag columns

  • qc_final output from qc_deployment()

  • final_all complete set of columns in final files, used for archive result file

  • final_WPP columns in the WPP result file

  • final_core columns in the core result file

  • final_sensors columns representing sensors WPP result file; may be set to "DR"

  • tide_rider Tide Rider csv columns after dropping parenthesis and their contents, e.g. "(m)", and trimming leading and trailing spaces. when rejected in QC

existing

A vector of existing column names. This is used to determine which of the optional column names are present

Value

A list of the expected names (including only the optional names that are present) in canonical order.

Details

At each step in the process there are both required and optional names this function handles the fuzziness between those two - returning a final set of column names, in canonical order.

This function uses lists of column names defined separately in R/expected_column_names.R. Edit that list to change the output.

Note that there are no optional names for the four final_* result files.