owidapi (version 0.1.1)

owid_search: Search for keywords in OWID catalog data

Description

This function searches for a vector of keywords within specified columns of an OWID catalog data frame. If no columns are specified, it searches all character and factor columns.

Usage

owid_search(data, keywords, columns = NULL)

Value

A filtered data frame containing only rows that match at least one of the keywords in at least one of the specified columns.

Arguments

data

A data frame, typically obtained from owid_get_catalog.

keywords

A character vector of one or more keywords to search for. The search is case-insensitive.

columns

An optional character vector of column names to search within. If NULL (default), all character and factor columns are searched.

Examples

# \donttest{
# Get the OWID catalog
catalog <- owid_get_catalog()

# Search for climate or carbon in all text columns
owid_search(catalog, c("climate", "carbon"))

# Search only in the title column
owid_search(catalog, c("climate", "carbon"), c("title"))
# }