Groom Optional Columns

Cleans and standardizes all optional columns in a single pass. Handles value normalization, whitespace trimming, and consistency checks.

Usage

groom_optional_columns(data, optional_cols = NULL)

Arguments

data

Data frame

optional_cols

Character vector. Optional column names to groom. If NULL, grooms all known optional columns. Default NULL.

Value

Data frame with groomed optional columns

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
data_groomed <- groom_optional_columns(data)

# Groom specific columns
data_groomed <- groom_optional_columns(
  data,
  optional_cols = c("hospital_department", "unit_type", "comorbidities")
)
} # }