make_filename: Print "Make Filename"

In mmiesch/msdr3pam: MSDR Course 3 Package Assignment

Description

make_filename creates a csv filename corresponding to tabular data for a particular year from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) of the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The filename follows standard FARS naming convention, including a "bz2"extension reflecting bzip2 compression.

Usage

make_filename(year, dir = "./inst/extdata")

Arguments

year	an integer or character string specifying the desired (4-digit) calendar year
dir	a character string containing the directory that contains the FARS data

Value

The function returns the name of the file (as a character string) containing FARS data for the specified year

References

https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars

See Also

fars_read

Examples

filename <- make_filename(2014,system.file("extdata",package="msdr3pam"))
filename <- make_filename('2014',system.file("extdata",package="msdr3pam"))

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