Update QC flag severity — utilASRflagupdate • AquaSensR

Update QC flag severity

Usage

utilASRflagupdate(flag, level, condition)

Arguments

flag: character vector of current flag values; each element must be one of "pass", "suspect", or "fail".
level: scalar character string — the new flag level to apply ("pass", "suspect", or "fail").
condition: logical vector the same length as flag. Elements that are TRUE and whose current flag is less severe than level will be upgraded. NA values in condition are treated as FALSE.

Value

Character vector the same length as flag with flags updated where condition is TRUE and level is more severe than the existing flag.

Details

Severity is ordered "pass" < "suspect" < "fail". A flag is only ever upgraded, never downgraded.

Examples

flag <- c("pass", "pass", "suspect", "fail")
utilASRflagupdate(flag, "suspect", c(TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE))
#> [1] "suspect" "pass"    "suspect" "fail"   
utilASRflagupdate(flag, "fail",    c(TRUE, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE))
#> [1] "fail"    "fail"    "suspect" "fail"