unduplicateNames: Rename duplicated character strings
Description
Append numeric suffices to character strings, to avoid repeats.
This is used by various data
input functions, to handle the fact that several oceanographic data
formats permit the reuse of variable names within a given file.
Usage
unduplicateNames(strings, style = 1)
Value
Vector of strings with repeats distinguished by suffix.
Arguments
strings
Vector of character strings.
style
An integer giving the style. If style
is 1, then e.g. a triplicate of "a" yields
"a", "a1", and "a2".
If style is 2, then the same input yields
"a_001", "a_002", and "a_003".
See Also
Used by read.ctd.sbe() with style=1 to
rename repeated data elements (e.g. for multiple temperature sensors)
in CTD data, and by read.odf() with style=2 on
key-value pairs within ODF metadata.