Copy a variable of BioticData

This function copies a variable to another (possibly existing) variable of BioticData .

CopyBiotic(
  BioticData,
  FromVariable = character(),
  ToVariable = character(),
  Overwrite = FALSE,
  PreserveClass = TRUE
)

Arguments

BioticData

BioticData.

FromVariable

The name of the variable to copy.

ToVariable

The name of the (possibly existing) variable insert the values in FromVariable to.

Overwrite

Logical: If TRUE overwrite the existing variable, if ToVariable is the name of an existing variable in the same table as FromVariable.

PreserveClass

Logical: If TRUE (the default) do not convert the class of the variable given by ToVariable to the class of the variable given by FromVariable.

Value

A BioticData object.