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Create main WHO tables

Source: R/tb_who.R
tb_who.Rd

[Stable] Transform Vigibase WHO .txt files to .parquet files

WHODrug is delivered as zipped text files folder, that you should transform to a more efficient format. Parquet format from arrow has many advantages: It can work with out-of-memory data, which makes it possible to process tables on a computer with not-so-much RAM. It is also lightweighted and standard across different languages. The function also creates variables in each table. See tb_vigibase() for some running examples, and try ?mp_ or ?thg_ for more details. Use dt_parquet() to load the tables afterward.

Usage

tb_who(path_who, force = FALSE)

Arguments

path_who

Character string, a directory containing whodrug txt tables. It is also the output directory.

force

Logical, to be passed to cli::cli_progress_update(). Used for internal purposes.

Value

.parquet files into the path_who directory. Some columns are returned as integer (all Id columns, including MedicinalProd_Id, with notable exception of DrecNo), and some columns as numeric (Quantity from ingredient table) All other columns are character.

See also

tb_vigibase(), tb_meddra(), tb_subset(), dt_parquet()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # interactive()

# Use the examples from tb_main if you want to see these functions in action.

path_who <- paste0(tempdir(), "/whodrug_directory/")
dir.create(path_who)
create_ex_who_txt(path_who)

tb_who(path_who = path_who)

# Clear temporary files when you're done
unlink(path_who, recursive = TRUE)
}