split out a scientific input column to pieces

This function attempts to split a scientific name into it's component pieces. Given an input scientific, or scientific with scientific authorities and infraspecies this function will parse them into the columns used in the BarnebyLives pipeline.

Usage

split_scientificName(x, sciName_col, overwrite)

Arguments

x

Dataframe with collection information.

sciName_col

Character. Column containing the data to parse

overwrite

Boolean. Whether to overwrite the original input columns, or simply append the spell checked columns.

Examples

library(BarnebyLives)
ce <- collection_examples
ce <- collection_examples[
 sample(1:nrow(collection_examples), 25), 
 Sci_name = c('Collection_number', 'Name_authority')
]

split_scientificName(ce, sciName_col = 'Sci_name')|> head()
#> Error in x[, sciName_col]: Can't subset columns that don't exist.
#> ✖ Column `Sci_name` doesn't exist.