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Version 2.0.0.900

This is the development version of ltertools. Changes from the preceding version are as follows:

  • No changes (yet!)

Version 2.0.0

CRAN release: 2025-03-26

There are no ERRORs, WARNINGs, or NOTEs returned by devtools::check(). Changes from the preceding version are as follows:

  • Removed function: make_json. The most critical dependency of this function is being archived and a suitable replacement cannot be found. Consider making a simple CSV of information rather than a JSON
  • New function: check_key makes sure a column key is properly formatted to work with ltertools::harmonize and removes rows where no “tidy_name” is specified
  • New function: standardize standarizes a single dataset (from a list) with the provided key object
  • Improvement: harmonize now runs in approximately half the time for large (i.e., >5 MB) raw data files. No change to function inputs or outputs, just increased efficiency

Version 1.2.0

CRAN release: 2025-02-21

There are no ERRORs, WARNINGs, or NOTEs returned by devtools::check(). Changes from the preceding version are as follows:

  • New function: expand_key generates rows for a column key for only raw data files that are not already in an existing key or in an existing harmonized data table

Version 1.1.0

CRAN release: 2024-09-20

There are no ERRORs, WARNINGs, or NOTEs returned by devtools::check(). Changes from the preceding version are as follows:

  • New function: make_json creates a JSON containing name/value pairs from a named vector. Optionally adds the JSON file name to the ‘gitignore’ (if one can be found in the working directory)
  • New function: solar_day_info identifies sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and day length for all dates within a user-specified range at particular coordinates
  • Function update: harmonize now includes new defensive warning/error checks with informative messages for likely sources of error
  • Unit tests added for all functions currently in package. Likely limited impact on users except better adherence to best practice will make for a stronger package in the long run

Version 1.0.0

CRAN release: 2024-02-23

There are no ERRORs, WARNINGs, or NOTEs returned by devtools::check(). This is the first version of ltertools.

  • New function: read – reads in all data files in a particular folder and stores them in a list
  • New function: begin_key – creates the start of a “column key” for data harmonization
  • New function: harmonize – performs column key-based harmonization of raw data
  • New function: cv – calculates coefficient of variation for a vector of numbers
  • New function: convert_temp – converts temperature values from one specified unit to another
  • New dataset: lter_sites – includes primary habitat, latitude/longitude coordinates, and funding start/end years for every site currently in the network
  • New function: site_timeline – creates a ggplot2-style timeline of all sites that meet the user-specified criteria (for site code and/or habitat)