Clear Stata metadata from MCOD dta files

The NBER MCOD dta files come with a variety of metadata not necessary for use in R. This function clears all metadata as well as replacing NAN and blanks ("") with NA.

Usage

zap_dta_data(dta_df)

Arguments

dta_df

dataframe from imported dta (e.g., from haven::read_dta())

Value

dataframe

Examples

df <- data.frame(x = c(1, NaN, 3), y = c("a", "", "c"))
zap_dta_data(df)
#>    x    y
#> 1  1    a
#> 2 NA <NA>
#> 3  3    c