Find all codes that logically comprise the specified codes. For instance, code "ABC" ("Anhyturbels") returns "A" ("Gelisols"), "AB" ("Turbels"), "ABC" ("Anhyturbels"). Use in conjunction with a lookup table that maps Order, Suborder, Great Group and Subgroup taxa to their codes (see taxon_code_to_taxon and taxon_to_taxon_code).
decompose_taxon_code(codes)A character vector of taxon codes to "decompose" -- case sensitive
A list with equal length to input vector; one character vector per element
Accounts for Keys that run out of capital letters (more than 26 subgroups) and use lowercase letters for a unique subdivision within the "fourth character position."
decompose_taxon_code(c("ABC", "ABCDe", "BCDEf"))
#> $ABC
#> $ABC[[1]]
#> [1] "A"
#>
#> $ABC[[2]]
#> [1] "AB"
#>
#> $ABC[[3]]
#> [1] "ABC"
#>
#>
#> $ABCDe
#> $ABCDe[[1]]
#> [1] "A"
#>
#> $ABCDe[[2]]
#> [1] "AB"
#>
#> $ABCDe[[3]]
#> [1] "ABC"
#>
#> $ABCDe[[4]]
#> [1] "ABCDe"
#>
#>
#> $BCDEf
#> $BCDEf[[1]]
#> [1] "B"
#>
#> $BCDEf[[2]]
#> [1] "BC"
#>
#> $BCDEf[[3]]
#> [1] "BCD"
#>
#> $BCDEf[[4]]
#> [1] "BCDEf"
#>
#>