Force dataframe columns to character

Converts designated columns of a dataframe to character. Defaults to converting columns id, sire, and dam.

toCharacter(df, headers = c("id", "sire", "dam"))

Arguments

df	a dataframe where the first three columns can be coerced to character.
headers	character vector with the columns to be converted to character class. Defaults to c("id", "sire", "dam")/

Value

A dataframe with the specified columns converted to class "character" for display with xtables (in shiny)

Examples

# \donttest{
library(nprcgenekeepr)
pedGood <- nprcgenekeepr::pedGood
names(pedGood) <- c("id", "sire", "dam", "sex", "birth")
class(pedGood[["id"]])
#> [1] "factor"
pedGood <- toCharacter(pedGood)
class(pedGood[["id"]])
#> [1] "character"
# }