search_cansim_cubes: Search through Statistics Canada data cubes

In cansim: Accessing Statistics Canada Data Table and Vectors

Search through Statistics Canada data cubes

Description

Searches through Statistics Canada data cubes using a search term.

Usage

search_cansim_cubes(search_term, refresh = FALSE)

Arguments

search_term	User-supplied search term used to find Statistics Canada data cubes with matching titles, table numbers, subject and survey codes.
refresh	Default is FALSE. The underlying cube list is cached for the duration of the R sessions and will regenerate the cube list if set to TRUE

Value

A tibble with available Statistics Canada data cubes, listing title, Statistics Canada data cube catalogue number, deprecated CANSIM table number, survey and subject.

Returns NULL if the data could not be retrieved because StatCan is unavailable.

Examples

## Not run: 
search_cansim_cubes("Labour force")

## End(Not run)

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