Parses the chart code

Parses the chart code

parse_chartcode(chartcode = NULL)

Arguments

chartcode

the chart code, usually constructed by create_chartcode()

Value

The function returns a list with the following components:

population

A string identifying the population, e.g. 'NL','MA', 'TU' or 'PT'.

sex

A string "male", "female" or "undifferentiated".

design

A letter indicating the chart design: 'A' = 0-15m, 'B' = 0-4y, 'C' = 1-21y, 'D' = 0-21y, 'E' = 0-4ya.

side

A string indicating the side or yname: 'front', 'back', 'both', 'hgt', 'wgt', 'hdc', 'bmi', 'wfh', 'dsc'

language

The language in which the chart is drawn. Currently only "dutch" charts are implemented, but for population == "PT" we may also have "english".

week

A scalar indicating the gestational age at birth. Only used if population == "PT".