WDIsearch: Search names and descriptions of available WDI series

In WDI: World Development Indicators and Other World Bank Data

Search names and descriptions of available WDI series

Description

Data frame with series code, name, description, and source for the WDI series which match the given criteria

Usage

WDIsearch(string = "gdp", field = "name", short = TRUE, cache = NULL)

Arguments

string	Character string. Search for this string using grep with ignore.case=TRUE.
field	Character string. Search this field. Admissible fields: 'indicator', 'name', 'description', 'sourceDatabase', 'sourceOrganization'
short	TRUE: Returns only the indicator's code and name. FALSE: Returns the indicator's code, name, description, and source.
cache	Data list generated by the WDIcache function. If omitted, WDIsearch will search a local list of series.

Value

Data frame with code, name, source, and description of all series which match the criteria.

Examples

## Not run: 
WDIsearch(string='gdp', field='name', cache=NULL)
WDIsearch(string='AG.AGR.TRAC.NO', field='indicator', cache=NULL)

## End(Not run)

WDI documentation built on Sept. 25, 2022, 5:06 p.m.