datafile: Get name(s) of data file(s) for ACS 5-year summary file data

In ejanalysis/ACSdownload: Obtain American Community Survey Summary File Data Tables from Census Bureau FTP Site (for EJ analysis, etc.)

Get name(s) of data file(s) for ACS 5-year summary file data

Description

Returns name(s) of data file(s) based on state(s), a sequence file number, and end year.

Usage

datafile(state.abbrev, seqfilenum, end.year = acsdefaultendyearhere_func())

Arguments

state.abbrev	Required vector of one or more 2-character state abbreviations like "DC"
seqfilenum	Required sequence file number(s) used by ACS 5-year summary file (can be a single value like "0022" or a vector)
end.year	Optional end year for 5-year summary file, as character or number

Value

Returns character element that is name of data file such as e20105de0017000 or m20105de0017000

See Also

get.acs()

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