translate_countrycodes: A function to translate between different country coding...

In FAOSTAT: Download Data from the FAOSTAT Database

A function to translate between different country coding systems

Description

The function translate any country code scheme to another if both are in the are among the types present in the FAO API. If you require other codes or conversion of country names to codes, consider the countrycodes package.

Usage

translate_countrycodes(
  data,
  from = c("FAO", "M49", "ISO2", "ISO3"),
  to = c("M49", "FAO", "ISO2", "ISO3", "name"),
  oldCode,
  reset_cache = FALSE
)

translateCountryCode(
  data,
  from = c("FAO", "M49", "ISO2", "ISO3"),
  to = c("M49", "FAO", "ISO2", "ISO3", "name"),
  oldCode,
  reset_cache = FALSE
)

Arguments

data	The data frame
from	The name of the old coding system
to	The name of the new coding system
oldCode	The column name of the old country coding scheme
reset_cache	logical. Whether to pull data from FAOSTAT directly instead of caching

FAOSTAT documentation built on March 31, 2023, 8:31 p.m.