Normalizes various format names to canonical form (t20, odi, test).
Handles case insensitivity, whitespace, and common aliases.
Arguments
- format
Character. Format name to normalize
Value
Character. Canonical format: "t20", "odi", or "test"
Details
This is the canonical function for format normalization across the package.
See also: normalize_match_type() which is a deprecated alias.
Examples
normalize_format("T20") # "t20"
#> [1] "t20"
normalize_format("IT20") # "t20"
#> [1] "t20"
normalize_format("ODI") # "odi"
#> [1] "odi"
normalize_format("Test") # "test"
#> [1] "test"
normalize_format("MDM") # "test" (multi-day matches)
#> [1] "test"
