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Unusable Variable Names

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Your Turn

  • Import a .csv file with problematic headers (MPAS-your.csv)

  • Make the variable names usable by placing all header fragments in a single header row

  • Clean the names for consistency

Learn More

To learn about the clean_names() function, check out the janitor package docs.

To learn more about the mash_colnames() function, check out the unheadr GitHub page.

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