Read labels or descriptions from an Excel file

These function reads labels or descriptions from an Excel file and returns them as a named vector (except when reading alternative labels; see Details).

read_labels_from_xl(file, idCol, labelCol)

read_criterionLabels_from_xl(file)

read_decisionLabels_from_xl(file)

read_decisionDescriptions_from_xl(file)

read_scenarioLabels_from_xl(file)

read_alternativeLabels_from_xl(file)

Arguments

file	The filename.
idCol, labelCol	For `read_labels_from_xl()`, the name of the columns with the identifiers and the labels.

Value

A named vector, unless alternative labels are read, in which case a named nested list is returned. Each list element is named with a decision identifiers, and consist of a named list, where each element is an alternative label, and each name the corresponding alternative value.

Details

The `read_labels_from_xl()` function is the underlying function; users typically don't interact with this function, unless they specified custom column names.