Replace two or more named categories of any column with a new joint category name

The function process_rename_category takes a tibble as input and replaces all occurrences of the specified categories in a column with another name provided in united_name.

Usage

process_rename_category(
  trips_table,
  unite_template = character(0),
  united_name = "united",
  column = "main_mode"
)

Arguments

trips_table

tibble of output_trips (from read_output_trips)

unite_template

vector of character strings, changes names of chosen categories to a new specified name (i.e. drtNorth and drtSouth to drt)

united_name

character string, specifies the name of the united categories

column

tibble column name, which will be used in occurrences renaming

Value

modified trips table tibble