tt_get: Load or open a translation table

In mgunther87/ipumsPMA: Common functions for IPUMS PMA staff

Description

Loads the translation table (tt) as a tibble or, if specified, opens the file in Excel.

Usage

tt_get(path_or_variable, open = F)

Arguments

path_or_variable	Character: Either a full path to a translation table or the variable name associated with a translation table currently in the PMA variables folder
open	Logical: defaults FALSE. If TRUE, the translation table will be opened in Excel and not loaded into R

Note

Users should note that additional functions for translation tables can be accessed via py$TranslationTable() (see py). Consult ipums-metadata library documentation for a complete list of available functions.

Author(s)

Matt Gunther

Examples

## Not run: 

# Default: loads tt as tibble
tt_get("aborev") 

# Opens tt in Excel
tt_get("aborev", open = T) 

# Loads tt from my "in progress" folder
tt_get("Z:/pma/variables/tt_work/Matt/in_progress/aborev_tt.xls") 


## End(Not run)

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