Assign Stata Language Labels

Changes default label language for a dataset. Variables with generated labels (option generate.labels=TRUE) are kept unchanged.

set.lang(dat, lang = NA, generate.factors = FALSE)

Arguments

dat

data.frame. Data.frame created by read.dta13.

lang

character. Label language. Default language defined by get.lang is used if NA

generate.factors

logical. If TRUE, missing factor levels are generated.

Value

Returns a data.frame with value labels in language "lang".

Author

Jan Marvin Garbuszus jan.garbuszus@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Sebastian Jeworutzki sebastian.jeworutzki@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Examples

dat <- read.dta13(system.file("extdata/statacar.dta", package="readstata13"))
get.lang(dat)
#> Available languages:
#>  en
#>  de
#> 
#> Default language:
#>  en
varlabel(dat)
#>                       id                    brand                    model 
#>             "Numeric ID"           "Brand of car"              "Car model" 
#>                     type                       hp                      max 
#>     "Car classification"            "Horse Power"          "Maximum speed" 
#>                  mileage                     ecar                    ldate 
#>                       ""                       ""            "Launch date" 
#>                 ldatecal                modelStrL 
#> "Launch date (calendar)"                       "" 

# set German label
datDE <- set.lang(dat, "de")
#> Replacing value labels. This might take some time...
#> ======================
get.lang(datDE)
#> Available languages:
#>  en
#>  de
#> 
#> Default language:
#>  de
varlabel(datDE)
#>                            id                         brand 
#>               "Numerische ID"             "Herstellermarke" 
#>                         model                          type 
#>                  "Automodell"              "Klassifikation" 
#>                            hp                           max 
#>               "Pferdestärken"       "Höchstgeschwindigkeit" 
#>                       mileage                          ecar 
#>                            ""                            "" 
#>                         ldate                      ldatecal 
#>            "Einführungsdatum" "Einführungsdatum (Kalender)" 
#>                     modelStrL 
#>                            ""