separate_series: Separate the series column in a tidy ABS time series data...

In readabs: Download and Tidy Time Series Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Separate the series column in a tidy ABS time series data frame

Description

Separate the 'series' column in a data frame (tibble) downloaded using read_abs() into multiple columns using the ";" separator.

Usage

separate_series(
  data,
  column_names = NULL,
  remove_totals = FALSE,
  remove_nas = FALSE
)

Arguments

data	A data frame (tibble) containing tidied data from the ABS time series table(s).
column_names	(optional) character vector. Supply a vector of column names, such as c("group_name", "variable","gender"). If not supplied, columns will be named "series_1" etc.
remove_totals	logical. FALSE by default. If set to TRUE, any series rows that contain the word "total" will be removed.
remove_nas	locical. FALSE by default. If set to TRUE, any rows containining an NA in at least one of the separated series columns will be removed.

Value

A data frame (tibble) containing the tidied data from the ABS time series table(s).

Examples

## Not run: 
wpi <- read_abs("6345.0", 1) %>%
  separate_series()

## End(Not run)

readabs documentation built on Aug. 8, 2023, 9:06 a.m.