Variables in Crunch datasets are organized into folders, like in a file
system. Datasets are similarly organized into hierarchical Projects.
These functions allow you to create new folders and move objects into
folders. Their names, mv and mkdir, suggest their Unix file utility
inspiration.
mv(x, what, path)
mkdir(x, path)A CrunchDataset or Folder (VariableFolder or ProjectFolder)
A Variable, selection of variables from dataset, or any
other object that can be moved to a folder (e.g. a dataset when organizing
projects).
A character "path" to the folder: either a
vector of nested folder names or a single string with nested folders
separated by a delimiter ("/" default, configurable via
options(crunch.delimiter)). The path is interpreted as
relative to the location of the folder x (when x is a dataset, that
means the root, top-level folder). path may also be a Folder object.
x, with the folder at path guaranteed to be created, and for
mv, containing what moved into it.
The functions have some differences from the strict behavior of their Unix
ancestors. For one, they work recursively, without additional arguments:
mkdir will make every directory necessary to construct the requested path,
even if all parent directories didn't already exist; and mv doesn't
require that the directory to move to already exist---it will effectively
call mkdir along the way.
cd() to select a folder by path; rmdir() to delete a folder;
folder() to identify and set an object's parent folder;
base::dir.create()
if you literally want to create a directory in your local file system, which
mkdir() does not do
if (FALSE) {
ds <- loadDataset("Example survey")
ds <- mv(ds, c("gender", "age", "educ"), "Demographics")
ds <- mkdir(ds, "Key Performance Indicators/Brand X")
# These can also be chained together
require(magrittr)
ds <- ds %>%
mv(c("aware_x", "nps_x"), "Key Performance Indicators/Brand X") %>%
mv(c("aware_y", "nps_y"), "Key Performance Indicators/Brand Y")
# Can combine with cd() and move things with relative paths
ds %>%
cd("Key Performance Indicators/Brand X") %>%
mv("nps_x", "../Net Promoters")
# Can combine with folder() to move objects to the same place as something else
ds %>% mv("nps_y", folder(ds$nps_x))
# Now let's put ds in a Project
projects() %>%
mv(ds, "Brand Tracking Studies")
}