Format a single QCA term — format_qca

Inserts * between variables in a term where it may have been omitted.

format_qca_term(term, var_names, use_tilde = TRUE)

Arguments

term: Character. A single term (e.g., "KSPRVT" or "~KPR*PRD").
var_names: Character vector. Variable names used in the analysis.
use_tilde: Logical. If TRUE, negation is represented as ~VAR. If FALSE, negation is represented as lowercase (e.g., var).

Value

Character. The formatted term with * between all variables.

Examples

var_names <- c("KSP", "KPR", "PRD", "RVT", "RCM")
format_qca_term("KSPRVTRCM", var_names)
#> [1] "KSP*RVT*RCM"
# Returns: "KSP*RVT*RCM"

format_qca_term("~KPRPRD", var_names)
#> [1] "~KPR*PRD"
# Returns: "~KPR*PRD"