eurostat (version 2.2.1)

label_eurostat: Get Eurostat Codes

Description

Get definitions for Eurostat codes from Eurostat dictionaries.

Usage

label_eurostat(x, dic = NULL, code = NULL, eu_order = FALSE, lang = "en")
label_eurostat_vars(x, lang = "en")
label_eurostat_tables(x, lang = "en")

Arguments

x

A character or a factor vector or a data_frame.

dic

A string (vector) naming eurostat dictionary or dictionaries. If NULL (default) dictionry names taken from column names of the data_frame.

code

For data_frames names of the column for which also code columns should be retained. The suffix "_code" is added to code column names.

eu_order

Logical. Should Eurostat ordering used for label levels. Affects only factors.

lang

A character, code for language. Available are "en" (default), "fr" and "de".

Value

a vector or a data_frame.

Functions

• label_eurostat_vars: Get definitions for variable (column) names. For objects other than characters or factors definitions are get for names.
• label_eurostat_tables: Get definitions for table names

Details

A character or a factor vector of codes returns a corresponding vector of definitions. label_eurostat labels also data_frames from get_eurostat. For vectors a dictionary name have to be supplied. For data_frames dictonary names are taken from column names. "time" and "values" columns are returned as they were, so you can supply data_frame from get_eurostat and get data_frame with definitions instead of codes.

Examples

 ## Not run: 
#    lp <- get_eurostat("nama_aux_lp")
#    lpl <- label_eurostat(lp)
#    str(lpl)
#    lpl_order <- label_eurostat(lp, eu_order = TRUE)
#    lpl_code <- label_eurostat(lp, code = "unit")
#    label_eurostat_vars(names(lp))
#    label_eurostat_tables("nama_aux_lp")
#  ## End(Not run)