fieldToVar

a metadata file, as returned by <code>exportMetaData</code>

A data files, as returned by <code>exportRecords</code>

Logical. Determines if categorical factors from REDCap are
returned with their numeric codes or as labelled factors.

factors

Logical. Determines if date variables from REDCap are converted
to POSIXct format. The API returns dates as character strings by default
in YYYY-MM-DD format.

dates

Logical. Determines the format of labels in checkbox
variables. If <code>FALSE</code> labels are applies as "Unchecked"/"Checked".
If <code>TRUE</code>, they are applied as ""/"[field_label]" where [field_label]
is the label assigned to the level in the data dictionary.
This option only applies when <code>factors=TRUE</code> and only to
REDCap versions 6.0 and higher

checkboxLabels

The variable name being converted. This is used only when
 <code>checkboxLabels=TRUE</code> in order to extract the checkbox label.

vname

Converts a field exported from REDCap into a valid R vector

Access data stored in REDCap databases using the Application
Programming Interface (API).  REDCap (Research Electronic Data CAPture) is
a web application for building and managing online surveys and databases
developed at Vanderbilt University.  The API allows users to access data
and project meta data (such as the data dictionary) from the web
programmatically.  The redcapAPI package facilitates the process of
accessing data with options to prepare an analysis-ready data set
consistent with the definitions in a database's data dictionary.

fieldToVar: Convert a REDCap Data Field to an R Vector

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