month_contains_election: Finds the election relating to a month (where an election...

In gidonc/durhamevp: ESRC/AHRC Victorian Election Violence Project R Code (Durham University)

Finds the election relating to a month (where an election took place on any day that month).

Description

Finds the election relating to a month (where an election took place on any day that month).

Usage

month_contains_election(
  the_date,
  election_start_col = "monthsearch_start",
  election_end_col = "monthsearch_end",
  election_data = durhamevp::election_dates,
  return_col = "election_name"
)

Arguments

the_date	the month to classifiy as yyyy-mm-dd where dd must be 01.
election_start_col	the column in the election data frame which identifies when the election starts.
election_end_col	the column in the election data frame which identifies when the election ends.
election_data	the data frame containing the election data.
return_col	the column in the data frame containing the name of the election (to be returned by the function).

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