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\name{guess_ab_col}
\alias{guess_ab_col}
\title{Guess antibiotic column}
\usage{
guess_ab_col(x = NULL, search_string = NULL, verbose = FALSE)
}
\arguments{
\item{x}{a \code{data.frame}}

\item{search_string}{a text to search \code{x} for, will be checked with \code{\link{as.ab}} if this value is not a column in \code{x}}

\item{verbose}{a logical to indicate whether additional info should be printed}
}
\value{
A column name of \code{x}, or \code{NULL} when no result is found.
}
\description{
This tries to find a column name in a data set based on information from the \code{\link{antibiotics}} data set. Also supports WHONET abbreviations.
}
\details{
You can look for an antibiotic (trade) name or abbreviation and it will search \code{x} and the \code{\link{antibiotics}} data set for any column containing a name or code of that antibiotic. \strong{Longer columns names take precendence over shorter column names.}
}
\section{Read more on our website!}{

On our website \url{https://msberends.gitlab.io/AMR} you can find \href{https://msberends.gitlab.io/AMR/articles/AMR.html}{a tutorial} about how to conduct AMR analysis, the \href{https://msberends.gitlab.io/AMR/reference}{complete documentation of all functions} (which reads a lot easier than here in R) and \href{https://msberends.gitlab.io/AMR/articles/WHONET.html}{an example analysis using WHONET data}.
}

\examples{
df <- data.frame(amox = "S",
                 tetr = "R")

guess_ab_col(df, "amoxicillin")
# [1] "amox"
guess_ab_col(df, "J01AA07") # ATC code of tetracycline
# [1] "tetr"

guess_ab_col(df, "J01AA07", verbose = TRUE)
# Note: Using column `tetr` as input for "J01AA07".
# [1] "tetr"

# WHONET codes
df <- data.frame(AMP_ND10 = "R",
                 AMC_ED20 = "S")
guess_ab_col(df, "ampicillin")
# [1] "AMP_ND10"
guess_ab_col(df, "J01CR02")
# [1] "AMC_ED20"
guess_ab_col(df, as.ab("augmentin"))
# [1] "AMC_ED20"

# Longer names take precendence:
df <- data.frame(AMP_ED2 = "S",
                 AMP_ED20 = "S")
guess_ab_col(df, "ampicillin")
# [1] "AMP_ED20"
}