generations: Convert year of birth to generations
In JoeyStanley/generations: Converts Birth Years to Generation Names

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Examples

View source: R/generations.R

This is the main function in this package. It will convert one or more years to the corresponding generation. Generation names and years are taken from Howe & Strauss' generational theory.

generations(
  yob,
  full_names = FALSE,
  years = FALSE,
  years_sep = " ",
  years_range_sep = "–",
  as_factor = TRUE
)

`yob`	a vector of integers. Currently, integers are the only accepted input, so characters and date types must be converted first.
`full_names`	logical. If `TRUE`, the generation name will typically have the word "generation" at the end (e.g., "Millennial" becomes "Millennial Generation"). "Gen X" (together with Y and Z) expands to "Generation X". `FALSE` by default.
`years`	logical. Should the year range be included in the output? Useful for printing, plotting, or otherwise displaying. For example, "Gen X" becomes "Gen X (1964–1983)". `FALSE` by default.
`years_sep`	a string. If `years` is `TRUE`, what should the separator between the generation name and opening parenthesis in the year range be? A single space by default, but it may look better in a visual if a new line character (backslash + n) is used.
`years_range_sep`	a string. If `years` is `TRUE`, what should go between the start and end years. By default, an en-dash ("–"). For more print-friendly characters, try a hyphen.
`as_factor`	logical. Should the vector be returned as a factor? If so, the levels will be chronological order (oldest generation first). If not, it will be returned as a character vector. `TRUE` by default.

Note that labels are included for years between 1435 and 2030. Anything outside of that range will return NA.

a vector

# Generate some sample data
yobs <- sort(floor(runif(10, 1880, 2020)))

# Convert to the generations
generations(yobs)
generations(yobs, full_names = TRUE)
generations(yobs, full_names = TRUE, years = TRUE)
generations(yobs, years = TRUE, years_range_sep = " to ")