checkNamesDE: Check Germany names

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Check Germany names

Description

Check the differences between the names (or codes) given in input and the names (or codes), of the corresponding selected Germany statistical unit.

Usage

checkNamesDE(id, unit = c("state", "district", "municipal", "municipality"), 
             matchWith = c("name", "code", "code_full"), return_logical = FALSE, 
             print = TRUE, use_internet = TRUE)

Arguments

id	character vector with names or codes
unit	the type of European statistical unit to check
matchWith	the type of id to check: "name" if unit names "code" if unit code "code_full" if unit complete code
return_logical	a logical value indicating whether nomatched id are returned.
print	a logical value indicating whether print the nomatched names
use_internet	a logical value indicating wheter the coordinates are downloaded from https://github.com/mappinguniverse/geospatial. If FALSE the maps downloaded during package installation will be used.

Details

The function provides a check between id name or code in the dataset and the corresponding selected Germany statistical unit. unit starts from the largest aggregate, "state", to the smallest, "municipality".

Value

Returns a string vector with nomatched names or a boolean vector indicating whether or not the id matched.

Author(s)

Alessio Serafini

See Also

checkNamesEU, checkNamesUS, checkNamesWR, checkNamesUK

Examples

data("popDE")
ck <- checkNamesDE(popDE$code_state, unit = "state", matchWith = "code_full")
str(ck)

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