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Adds special characters and randomly capitalises characters in the column names of a data frame.

Usage

messy_colnames(data, messiness = 0.2)

Arguments

data

data.frame to alter column names

messiness

Percentage of values to change per function. Must be between 0 and 1. Default 0.1.

Value

data.frame with messy column names

Examples

messy_colnames(mtcars)
#>                     .mpg cyl d)is*p hp  drat   w-t  qsec vs am  GE.AR carb
#> Mazda RX4           21.0   6  160.0 110 3.90 2.620 16.46  0   1     4    4
#> Mazda RX4 Wag       21.0   6  160.0 110 3.90 2.875 17.02  0   1     4    4
#> Datsun 710          22.8   4  108.0  93 3.85 2.320 18.61  1   1     4    1
#> Hornet 4 Drive      21.4   6  258.0 110 3.08 3.215 19.44  1   0     3    1
#> Hornet Sportabout   18.7   8  360.0 175 3.15 3.440 17.02  0   0     3    2
#> Valiant             18.1   6  225.0 105 2.76 3.460 20.22  1   0     3    1
#> Duster 360          14.3   8  360.0 245 3.21 3.570 15.84  0   0     3    4
#> Merc 240D           24.4   4  146.7  62 3.69 3.190 20.00  1   0     4    2
#> Merc 230            22.8   4  140.8  95 3.92 3.150 22.90  1   0     4    2
#> Merc 280            19.2   6  167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.30  1   0     4    4
#> Merc 280C           17.8   6  167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.90  1   0     4    4
#> Merc 450SE          16.4   8  275.8 180 3.07 4.070 17.40  0   0     3    3
#> Merc 450SL          17.3   8  275.8 180 3.07 3.730 17.60  0   0     3    3
#> Merc 450SLC         15.2   8  275.8 180 3.07 3.780 18.00  0   0     3    3
#> Cadillac Fleetwood  10.4   8  472.0 205 2.93 5.250 17.98  0   0     3    4
#> Lincoln Continental 10.4   8  460.0 215 3.00 5.424 17.82  0   0     3    4
#> Chrysler Imperial   14.7   8  440.0 230 3.23 5.345 17.42  0   0     3    4
#> Fiat 128            32.4   4   78.7  66 4.08 2.200 19.47  1   1     4    1
#> Honda Civic         30.4   4   75.7  52 4.93 1.615 18.52  1   1     4    2
#> Toyota Corolla      33.9   4   71.1  65 4.22 1.835 19.90  1   1     4    1
#> Toyota Corona       21.5   4  120.1  97 3.70 2.465 20.01  1   0     3    1
#> Dodge Challenger    15.5   8  318.0 150 2.76 3.520 16.87  0   0     3    2
#> AMC Javelin         15.2   8  304.0 150 3.15 3.435 17.30  0   0     3    2
#> Camaro Z28          13.3   8  350.0 245 3.73 3.840 15.41  0   0     3    4
#> Pontiac Firebird    19.2   8  400.0 175 3.08 3.845 17.05  0   0     3    2
#> Fiat X1-9           27.3   4   79.0  66 4.08 1.935 18.90  1   1     4    1
#> Porsche 914-2       26.0   4  120.3  91 4.43 2.140 16.70  0   1     5    2
#> Lotus Europa        30.4   4   95.1 113 3.77 1.513 16.90  1   1     5    2
#> Ford Pantera L      15.8   8  351.0 264 4.22 3.170 14.50  0   1     5    4
#> Ferrari Dino        19.7   6  145.0 175 3.62 2.770 15.50  0   1     5    6
#> Maserati Bora       15.0   8  301.0 335 3.54 3.570 14.60  0   1     5    8
#> Volvo 142E          21.4   4  121.0 109 4.11 2.780 18.60  1   1     4    2