Re: [R] Variable labels and value labels

2016-06-01 Thread Jim Lemon
it? > > Kind regards > > Georg > > > > > Von:Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com> > An: g.maub...@weinwolf.de, r-help mailing list <r-help@r-project.org>, > > Datum: 01.06.2016 03:59 > Betreff:Re: [R] Variable labels and value labels > &

Re: [R] Variable labels and value labels

2016-05-31 Thread Jim Lemon
Hi Georg, You may find the "add.value.labels" function in the prettyR package useful. Jim On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 10:00 PM, wrote: > Hi All, > > I am using R for social sciences. In this field I am used to use short > variable names like "q1" for question 1, "q2" for

Re: [R] Variable labels and value labels

2016-05-31 Thread Bert Gunter
I am not sure this is relevant or helpful, but see ?abbreviate, which one can use to abbreviate long strings as labels (but only for English-like languages, I believe). -- Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." --

Re: [R] Variable labels and value labels

2016-05-31 Thread PIKAL Petr
Hi see in line > -Original Message- > From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of > g.maub...@weinwolf.de > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 2:01 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Variable labels and value labels > > Hi All, > > I

[R] Variable labels and value labels

2016-05-31 Thread G . Maubach
Hi All, I am using R for social sciences. In this field I am used to use short variable names like "q1" for question 1, "q2" for question 2 and so on and label the variables like q1 : "Please tell us your age" or q2 : "Could you state us your household income?" or something similar indicating