stateCdLookup: State code look up

In USGS-R/dataRetrieval: Retrieval Functions for USGS and EPA Hydrology and Water Quality Data

State code look up

Description

Function to simplify finding state and state code definitions. Used in readNWISdata and readWQPdata.

Usage

stateCdLookup(input, outputType = "postal", country = "US")

Arguments

input	could be character (full name, abbreviation, id), or numeric (id)
outputType	character can be "postal", "fullName", "tableIndex", or "id".
country	description

Examples

fullName <- stateCdLookup("wi", "fullName")
abbriev <- stateCdLookup("Wisconsin", "postal")
id <- stateCdLookup("WI", "id")
name <- stateCdLookup(55, "fullName")
fips <- stateCdLookup("WI", "fips")
canada_st <- stateCdLookup(13, "fullName", country = "CA")
mexico_st <- stateCdLookup(13, "fullName", country = "MX")
stateCdLookup(c("West Virginia", "Wisconsin", 200, 55, "MN"))

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