read_redatam: Read REDATAM dictionary

In redatam: Import 'REDATAM' Files

Read REDATAM dictionary

Description

Read a DIC or DICX dictionary file directly into R.

Usage

read_redatam(dictionary)

Arguments

dictionary

A character string with the path to the dictionary file. It allows relative paths.

Value

A list of tibbles, each one representing a table with the census entities (or levels) and their attributes (or variables).

Examples

# Read a dictionary file (Uruguay 2011, aggregated)
zip <- system.file("extdata", "uru2011mini.zip", package = "redatam")
dout <- paste(tempdir(), "uru2011mini", sep = "/")
unzip(zip, exdir = dout)
read_redatam(paste(dout, "uru2011mini.dic", sep = "/"))
# or equivalently
read_redatam(paste(dout, "uru2011mini.dicx", sep = "/"))

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