sc_filter: Filter scorecard data by variable values.

In rscorecard: A Method to Download Department of Education College Scorecard Data

Filter scorecard data by variable values.

Description

This function is used to filter the downloaded scorecard data. It converts idiomatic R into the format required by the API call.

Usage

sc_filter(sccall, ...)

sc_filter_(sccall, filter_string)

Arguments

sccall	Current list of parameters carried forward from prior functions in the chain (ignore)
...	Expressions to evaluate
filter_string	Filter as character string or vector of filters as character strings

Functions

• sc_filter_(): Standard evaluation version of sc_filter (filter_string must be a string or vector of strings when using this version)

Examples

## Not run: 
sc_filter(region == 1) # New England institutions
sc_filter(stabbr == c("TN","KY")) # institutions in Tennessee and Kentucky
sc_filter(control != 3) # exclude private, for-profit institutions
sc_filter(control == c(1,2)) # same as above
sc_filter(control == 1:2) # same as above
sc_filter(stabbr == "TN", control == 1, locale == 41:43) # TN rural publics

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
sc_filter_("region == 1")
sc_filter_("control != 3")

## With internal strings, you must either use both double and single quotes
## or escape internal quotes
sc_filter_("stabbr == c('TN','KY')")
sc_filter_('stabbr == c(\'TN\',\'KY\')')

## stored in object
filters <- c("control == 1", "locale == 41:43")
sc_filter_(filters)

## End(Not run)

rscorecard documentation built on Sept. 11, 2024, 9:01 p.m.