Convert <data.frame> to an <epiparameter> object — as_epiparameter.data.frame • epiparameter

Convert the tabular information in <data.frame> to an <epiparameter>. If the information in the <data.frame> cannot be converted into an <epiparameter> the function will error.

Usage

# S3 method for class 'data.frame'
as_epiparameter(x, ...)

Arguments

x: A <data.frame>.
...: dots Not used, extra arguments supplied will cause a warning.

Value

An <epiparameter> object or list of <epiparameter> objects.

Examples

ep <- epiparameter_db(single_epiparameter = TRUE)
#> Using Linton N, Kobayashi T, Yang Y, Hayashi K, Akhmetzhanov A, Jung S, Yuan
#> B, Kinoshita R, Nishiura H (2020). “Incubation Period and Other
#> Epidemiological Characteristics of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infections
#> with Right Truncation: A Statistical Analysis of Publicly Available
#> Case Data.” _Journal of Clinical Medicine_. doi:10.3390/jcm9020538
#> <https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9020538>.. 
#> To retrieve the citation use the 'get_citation' function
df <- as.data.frame(ep)
ep <- as_epiparameter(df)