Name cutpoint variables

Create a name for cutpoint variables based on location of cut and number of groups.

Usage

name_cuts(x, cuts)

Arguments

x

vector to split by certain cutpoints

cuts

where to cut x

Value

A character string representing the cutpoint variable name.

Details

The naming system is based on how Hmisc::cut2() cuts variables. Used in build_cuts() for naming the new cutpoint variables.

See also

Hmisc::cut2(), build_cuts()

Author

Derek Chiu

Examples

set.seed(1108)
x <- sample(0:4, size = 1000, replace = TRUE)
name_cuts(x, c(1, 4))
#> [1] "b0v1234"
name_cuts(x, c(2, 4))
#> [1] "b01v234"