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 # xportr (development version)
 
-## New Features and Bug Fixes
+## New Features
 
+* All core functions can be run together by using new function `xportr()` (#137)
 * `xportr_metadata()` can set `verbose` for a whole pipeline, i.e. setting `verbose` in `xportr_metadata()` will populate to all `xportr` functions.  (#151)
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-* All `xportr` functions now have `verbose = NULL` as the default (#151)
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-* Bug fix for domain filtering (#137)
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-## Documentation
-
-* Remove unused packages from Suggests (#221)
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-* `xportr_write()` now accepts `metadata` argument which can be used to set the dataset label to stay consistent with the other `xportr_*` functions. It is noteworthy that the dataset label set using the `xportr_df_label()` function will be retained during the `xportr_write()`.
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-* Exporting a new dataset `dataset_spec` that contains the Dataset Specification for ADSL. (#179)
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+* `xportr_split()` is a new function that allows users to split a dataset into multiple output files based on a variable. (#183)
+* `xportr_write()` now accepts `metadata` argument which can be used to set the dataset label to stay consistent with the other `xportr_*` functions. It is noteworthy that the dataset label set using the `xportr_df_label()` function will be retained during the `xportr_write()`. (#179)
 * Added a check for character variable lengths up to 200 bytes in `xpt_validate()`(#91, #189).
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 * File name check is moved to strict_checks condition to allow underscores in the file name. Underscores are allowed in xpt but not per FDA requirements. (#126)
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 * It is now possible to get and set the xportr options using the helper function `xportr_options()` (#130)
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-* Added `xportr.character_metadata_types` and `xportr.numeric_metadata_types` to list the metadata types that are character or numeric. Updated `xportr.character_types` and `xportr.numeric_types` to list only the R types that are character and the R types that are numeric. This ensures that all R types, including dates, are now managed by xportr_type. If the R type differs from the metadata type, the variable is coerced (#161)..
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-* Adds argument assertions to public functions using `{checkmate}` (#175)
-* `xportr_split()` is a new function that allows users to split a dataset into multiple output files based on a variable. (#183)
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-* `xportr_metadata()` can set `verbose` for a whole pipeline, i.e. setting `verbose` in `xportr_metadata()` will populate to all `xportr` functions.  (#151)
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-* All `xportr` functions now have `verbose = NULL` as the default. If left `NULL`, the previous default of `getOption("xportr.[fn_name]_verbose")` is used (#151)
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-* All core functions can be run together by using new function `xportr()` (#137)
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+* Added `xportr.character_metadata_types` and `xportr.numeric_metadata_types` to list the metadata types that are character or numeric. Updated `xportr.character_types` and `xportr.numeric_types` to list only the R types that are character and the R types that are numeric. This ensures that all R types, including dates, are now managed by xportr_type. If the R type differs from the metadata type, the variable is coerced (#161).
 * New argument in `xportr_length()` allows selection between the length from metadata, as previously done, or from the calculated maximum length per variable when `length_source` is set to “data” (#91)
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 * Series of basic checks added to the `xportr_format()` function to ensure format lengths, prefixes are accurate for the variable type. Also to ensure that any numeric date/datetime/time variables have a format. (#164)
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-* Make `xportr_type()` drop factor levels when coercing variables
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 * `xportr_length()` assigns the maximum length value instead of 200 for a character variable when the length is missing in the metadata (#207)
 
+## Bug Fixes
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+* Bug fix for domain filtering (#137)
+* Make `xportr_type()` drop factor levels when coercing variables (#159)
 
 ## Deprecation and Breaking Changes
 
 * The `domain` argument for xportr functions will no longer be dynamically 
-determined by the name of the data frame passed as the .df argument. This was
+determined by the name of the data frame passed as the `.df` argument. This was
 done to make the use of xportr functions more explicit. (#182)
-
-* The `label` argument from the `xportr_write()` function is deprecated in favor of the `metadata` argument. (#179)
-* The `metacore` argument, which was renamed to `metadata` in the following six xportr functions: (`xportr_df_label()`, `xportr_format()`, `xportr_label()`, `xportr_length()`, `xportr_order()`, and `xportr_type()`) in version `0.3.0` with a soft deprecation warning, has now been hard deprecated. Please update your code to use the new `metadata` argument in place of `metacore`.
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+* The `metacore` argument, which was renamed to `metadata` in the following six xportr functions: (`xportr_df_label()`, `xportr_format()`, `xportr_label()`, `xportr_length()`, `xportr_order()`, and `xportr_type()`) in version `0.3.0` with a soft deprecation warning, has now been hard deprecated. Please update your code to use the new `metadata` argument in place of `metacore`. (#203)
 * `SASlength` and `SAStype` were removed since they did not have an impact on `xpt_validate` or any other functions (#132)
-* Removes `admiral` from suggested dependencies (#237)
 * `adsl` data object is now called `adsl_xportr` (#237)
-* Data objects are no longer lazy loaded, which means that when needed the user must call `data("name_of_object")` first (#237)
 
 ## Documentation
 
 * Created development version of the website (#187)
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 * Additional guidance for options added in deep dive vignette (#81)
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 * Added a vignette about standards in different agencies (#206)
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 * Removed non-user facing function documentation (#192)
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 * Added more details about `xportr_length()` and `xportr()` to deep dive vignette (#215, #222)
 
 ## Miscellaneous
 
 * Tests use `{withr}` to create temporary files that are automatically deleted (#219)
+* Remove unused packages from Suggests (#221, #237)
+* Exporting a new dataset `dataset_spec` that contains the Dataset Specification for ADSL. (#179)
+* Adds argument assertions to public functions using `{checkmate}` (#175)
+* Data objects are no longer lazy loaded, which means that when needed the user must call `data("name_of_object")` first (#237)
 
 # xportr 0.3.2