save_addresses: Saves blocks of 1000 addresses in a directory (dir).

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

Description

Saves blocks of 1000 addresses in a directory (dir).

Usage

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save_addresses(addresses, dir, root)

Arguments

addresses

A vector of addresses. Addresses should be formatted according to census specifications: "unique id, address, city, state, zip". A real example: "123, 33 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, IL, 60602". If any pieces are missing, substitute a blank space. For example, if state is missing, use "123, 33 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, , 60602". If everything is missing, use "123, , , , ". For more details, see https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/geocoder.html.

dir

An empty directory.

root

The root name for each address block. E.G. If root = "addr", the blocks will be labelled "addr_1.txt", "addr_2.txt", etc...

Value

Nothing returned. Properly formatted address files should appear in dir.

Examples

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addr_list <- c("1, 33 North LaSalle, Chicago, IL, 60602", "2, 756 West Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL, 60613")
addr_dir <- "/path/to/empty_directory"
stem <- "addrs"

save_addresses(addresses = addr_list, dir = addr_dir, root = stem)

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