R: Transform 'wide' alter-level data to the 'long'-format

wide.to.long

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Transform 'wide' alter-level data to the 'long'-format

Description

A function to transform a wide-format dataframe of ego-centered network data into a long-format data-frame, where every row represents one alter/dyad. In the created dataframe numerous networks can be distinguished by a network ID (egoID).

Usage

wide.to.long(
  wide,
  egoID = "egoID",
  max.alters,
  start.col,
  end.col,
  var.wise = FALSE
)

Arguments

`wide`	A `data.frame` of alter attributes in the wide format.
`egoID`	`Character`. Name of the variable identifying egos (default: "egoID").
`max.alters`	A `numeric` giving the maximum number of alters.
`start.col`	Index or name of the first column containing alter-alter relation data. #!# Should: Defaults to first column of `wide`.
`end.col`	Index or name of the first column containing alter-alter relation data. #!# Should: Defaults to last column of `wide`.
`var.wise`	a logical value indicating whether the alter attributes are stored variable-wise, if FALSE alter-wise storage is assumed.