addPersonToPed — addPersonToPed • BGmisc

A function to add a new person to an existing pedigree data.frame.

Usage

addPersonToPed(
  ped,
  name = NULL,
  sex = NULL,
  momID = NA,
  dadID = NA,
  twinID = NULL,
  personID = NULL,
  zygosity = NULL,
  notes = NULL,
  url = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE
)

Arguments

ped: A data.frame representing the existing pedigree.
name: Optional. A character string representing the name of the new person. If not provided, the name will be set to NA.
sex: A value representing the sex of the new person.
momID: Optional. The ID of the mother of the new person. If not provided, it will be set to NA.
dadID: Optional. The ID of the father of the new person. If not provided, it will be set to NA.
twinID: Optional. The ID of the twin of the new person. If not provided, it will be set to NA.
personID: Optional. The ID of the new person. If not provided, it will be generated as the maximum existing personID + 1.
zygosity: Optional. A character string indicating the zygosity of the new person. If not provided, it will be set to NA.
notes: Optional. A character string for notes about the new person. If not provided, it will be set to NA.
url: Optional. A URL column for the new person. If not provided, it will be set to NA.
overwrite: Logical. If TRUE, the function will overwrite an existing person with the same personID. If FALSE, it will stop if a person with the same personID already exists.

Value

A data.frame with the new person added to the existing pedigree.