get_all_lc_call_subject_letters: Get all subject letters of LC Call Number

In NYPL/libbib: Various Utilities for Library Science/Assessment and Cataloging

Get all subject letters of LC Call Number

Description

Takes a string representation of a Library of Congress call number and returns all the subject letters if and only if the LC Call Number is valid

Usage

get_all_lc_call_subject_letters(x, allow.bare = FALSE)

Arguments

x	A Library of Congress call number (string)
allow.bare	A logical indicating whether an LC Call with only the letters should be considered valid (default is FALSE)

Value

Returns all the subject letters or NA if invalid

Examples

get_all_lc_call_subject_letters("Q172.5.E77")
# Q
get_all_lc_call_subject_letters("AF172.5.E77")
# NA

# vectorized
get_all_lc_call_subject_letters(c("Q 172.5", "AF172", "PR6023.A93"))
# Q NA PR

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