Create Dictionary from Unique Strings

Create Dictionary from Unique Strings

to_dictionary(x, prefix = "a", leading_zeros = FALSE)

Arguments

x	vector of strings
prefix	prefix to be given to the keys in the dictionary. Default: "a"
leading_zeros	whether to make all keys in the dictionary have same length by adding leading zeros to the keys. Default: FALSE

Examples

# Define input strings
x <- c("elephant", "mouse", "cat", "cat", "cat", "mouse", "cat", "cat")

# Create a dictionary for the unique values in x
kwb.pathdict:::to_dictionary(x)
#> $a1
#> [1] "cat"
#> 
#> $a2
#> [1] "mouse"
#> 
#> $a3
#> [1] "elephant"
#> 

# Note that "cat" is the first entry because it has the highest "importance"
kwb.pathdict:::sorted_importance(x)
#> x
#>      cat    mouse elephant 
#>       15       10        8