egouldo

  #https://github.com/ateucher/useful_code/blob/master/R/numbers2words.r
  numbers2words <- function(x){
    ## Function by John Fox found here: 
    ## http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/04/2715.html
    ## Tweaks by AJH to add commas and "and"
    helper <- function(x){
      
      digits <- rev(strsplit(as.character(x), "")[[1]])
      nDigits <- length(digits)
      if (nDigits == 1) as.vector(ones[digits])

egouldo

# Source: http://www.cookbook-r.com/Manipulating_data/Converting_between_data_frames_and_contingency_tables/#countstocases-function
# Convert from data frame of counts to data frame of cases.
# `countcol` is the name of the column containing the counts
countsToCases <- function(x, countcol = "Freq") {
    # Get the row indices to pull from x
    idx <- rep.int(seq_len(nrow(x)), x[[countcol]])

    # Drop count column
    x[[countcol]] <- NULL

egouldo

##' Modifies 'data' by adding new values supplied in newDataFileName
##'
##' newDataFileName is expected to have columns 
##' c(lookupVariable,lookupValue,newVariable,newValue,source)
##' 
##' Within the column 'newVariable', replace values that
##' match 'lookupValue' within column 'lookupVariable' with the value
##' newValue'.  If 'lookupVariable' is NA, then replace *all* elements
##' of 'newVariable' with the value 'newValue'.
##'