Get every text field from a REDCap data dictionary — get_text

Given a REDCap data dictionary, enumerate every text field in that data dictionary along with validation types, min, and max, and append a text_validation_type (tvt) function name, weight, mean, and standard deviation as needed.

Usage

get_text_fields(metadata)

Arguments

metadata: A REDCap data dictionary

Value

a dataframe with these columns

field_name: REDCap field name
form_name: REDCap form name
field_type: REDCap field type
text_validation_type: REDCap text validation type
text_validation_min: REDCap text validation min
text_validation_max: REDCap text validation max
tvt: text validation type function name
weight: a default weight for the field
mean: mean of data to be generated derived from the min and max
sd: standard deviation of data to be generated derived from the min and max

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
text_fields <-
  get_text_fields(metadata_to_populate)
} # }