build_api_variable: Vectorized Creation of Census ACS Variables

In higherX4Racine/hercacstables: Work with American Community Survey Tables through the US Census API

Vectorized Creation of Census ACS Variables

Description

All detail group variables have the format "B000OO*_000E", where the "B" and "E" are literal and the "*" is a race code.

Usage

build_api_variable(
  group_code,
  item_number,
  race_code = "",
  separator = "_",
  suffix = "E"
)

Arguments

group_code	the group code, like "B18101"
item_number	some integer between 0 and 999
race_code	optional, either an empty string or one of [A..I]
separator	optional, usually "_" for ACS variables.
suffix	optional, usually "E" for ACS variables, but sometimes "N" for decennial data.

Value

a vector of strings, each of which is a variable name

Examples

groups <- c("B19013", "B18101", "B18101")
races <- c("", "", "I")
numbers <- 1
build_api_variable(groups, numbers, races)

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