do.combine.cols - Combine the values of two columns into a single column — do.combine.cols • Spectre

This function allows you to combine the values of two columns, with an option to remove any 'NA' values

Usage

do.combine.cols(dat, col1, col2, na.rm)

Arguments

dat: NO DEFAULT. Data.table.
col1: NO DEFAULT. Name of the column you want to combine into.
col2: NO DEFAULT. Name of the column you want to combine from. This column will be deleted after combination into col1.
na.rm: DEFAULT = TRUE. If NA values are present in the columns, they will be removed.

Value

Returns a data.table with adjusted columns

Author

Thomas M Ashhurst, thomas.ashhurst@sydney.edu.au