splchk_addr: Spell check a data frame of NYC addresses.

In gmculp/rNYCclean: A package to clean NYC addresses

Description

The splchk_addr function performs a spell check on a data frame of NYC addresses with a street name dictionary built from NYC Department of City Planning's (DCP) PAD (Property Address Directory) and SND (Street Name Dictionary) files.

Usage

splchk_addr(in_df, new_addr_col_name, addr_col_name,
    third_col_name, third_col_type)

Arguments

in_df	a data frame containing NYC addresses. Required.
new_addr_col_name	new_addr_col_name the name of output addresses column as string. Required.
addr_col_name	the name of the input addresses column as string. Required.
third_col_name	the name of either the borough code or zip code column as string. Required.
third_col_type	either "boro_code" or "zip_code" as string. Required.

Value

A data frame containing the input data frame plus the spell checked address column.

Examples

# create a data frame of addresses
ADDR <- c("1212 AMESTERDAM AVEN","253 BROADWY",
    "250 BREDFORD PORK BLVD W","30 LAFAYET AVE")
CITY <- c("NEW YORK","NEW YORK","BRONX","BROOKLYN")
STATE <- rep("NY",length(ADDR))
ZIP_CODE <- c("10027","10007","10468","11217")
u_id <- 1:length(ADDR)
df = data.frame(u_id, ADDR, CITY, STATE, ZIP_CODE)

#get version of DCP PAD used to build package data
rNYCclean::pad_version

#spell check address column using zip code
df1 <- splchk_addr(df,"ADDR.splchk","ADDR","ZIP_CODE","zip_code")

#preview records
head(df1)

gmculp/rNYCclean documentation built on July 14, 2020, 5:07 a.m.