search_tables: Search Tables

In GL-Li/totalcensus: Extract Decennial Census and American Community Survey Data

Search Tables

Description

Search table numbers and description.

Usage

search_tables(survey, years = NULL, keywords = NULL, view = TRUE)

Arguments

survey	survey type, including "dec" (or "decennial"), "acs1" or "acs5".
years	year or ending year of the survey, can be a single year such as 2010 or a vector like 2014:2016.
keywords	keyword to search in code or description, in the form like "abc def dsdfsa". Rows with all words are returned.
view	display the search result with View if TRUE

Value

A data.table

Examples

# Change view = TRUE (default) to View the returned data.
aaa <- search_tables("dec", 2010, "occupancy", view = FALSE)
bbb <- search_tables("acs5", 2014:2016, "detailed race", view = FALSE)

## Not run: 
  # view all tables
  search_tables("dec")
  search_tables("acs1")

## End(Not run)

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