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\name{remapVariable}
\alias{remapVariable}
\title{Remap/change value of variable according to a lookup table}
\usage{
remapVariable(df, origVar, mapVar, valueMap, num = TRUE)
}
\arguments{
\item{df}{data frame}

\item{origVar}{name of original variable}

\item{mapVar}{name of variable with updated values}

\item{valueMap}{mapping of variables from old to new, named list
where names() are values to be found in data frame and values() contain new values}

\item{num}{ensure output value is numeric}
}
\value{
data frame with updated column
}
\description{
Remap/change value of variable according to a lookup table
}