DropPatterns {lifeR}R Documentation

Drop species with given patterns in name

Description

Drop species with given patterns in name

Usage

DropPatterns(
  data,
  patterns = c("sp.", "/", "Domestic type", "hybrid"),
  colname = "comName"
)

Arguments

data

A data.frame with observations, likely the object from a call to RecentNearby.

patterns

Character vector of patterns in colname column to omit.

colname

Character vector indicating column with names to search for patterns.

Details

This utility function provides a means of omitting observations of "other taxa" such as domestics, hybrids, and "sp." observations. If patterns = NULL, no rows will be dropped.

Value

Copy of data with any rows that has values in colname that match values in patterns.

Examples

df <- data.frame(comName = c("Mallard", "Mallard x Mexican Duck hybrid", "Verdin"),
                 date = c("2021-01-09", "2021-01-09", "2021-01-09"))
df <- DropPatterns(data = df)


[Package lifeR version 1.0.2 Index]