bruceR (version 0.7.2)

RESCALE: Rescale a variable (e.g., from 5-point to 7-point).

Description

Rescale a variable (e.g., from 5-point to 7-point).

Usage

RESCALE(var, from = range(var, na.rm = T), to)

Arguments

var

Variable (numeric).

from

Numeric vector, the range of old scale (e.g., 1:5). If not defined, it will compute the range of var.

to

Numeric vector, the range of new scale (e.g., 1:7).

Value

A vector of rescaled variable.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
d=data.table(var=rep(1:5, 2))
d[,":="(var1=RESCALE(var, to=1:7),
        var2=RESCALE(var, from=1:5, to=1:7))]
d  # var1 is equal to var2

# }