Sort columns in a more intuitive order

Source: R/sort_colms.R

sort_colms sorts selection table columns in a more intuitive order.

sort_colms(X)

Arguments

X

Data frame containing columns for sound file (sound.files), selection (selec), start and end time of signals ('start' and 'end') and low and high frequency ('bottom.freq' and 'top.freq', optional). See the example data 'lbh_selec_table'.

Value

The same data as in the input data frame but with the most relevant information for acoustic analysis located in the first columns.

Details

The function returns the data from the input data frame with the most relevant information for acoustic analysis located in the first columns. The priority order for column names is: "sound.files", "channel", "selec", "start", "end", "top.freq", and "bottom.freq".

Examples

library(warbleR)
data("selec.table")

# mess column order
selec.table <- selec.table[, sample(1:ncol(selec.table))]

 #check names
 names(selec.table)
#> [1] "selec"       "channel"     "bottom.freq" "top.freq"    "sel.comment"
#> [6] "sound.files" "end"         "rec.comment" "start"      

 selec.table <- sort_colms(X = selec.table)

 #check names again
 names(selec.table)
#> [1] "sound.files" "channel"     "selec"       "start"       "end"        
#> [6] "top.freq"    "bottom.freq" "sel.comment" "rec.comment"