Create Empty Statistics Result Structure

Helper function to create consistent empty result structures when no transitions are found. Eliminates code duplication across multiple locations.

Usage

.create_empty_statistics_result(
  statistics_variables,
  pipeline_result,
  output_transition_matrix = FALSE
)

Arguments

statistics_variables

Character vector of statistics variable names

pipeline_result

data.table used to determine variable types

output_transition_matrix

Logical; if TRUE, return empty matrix instead of data.table

Value

Either an empty matrix or an empty data.table with proper column structure