ONS_geolist: List ONS area code lists

In moj-analytical-services/geoharmonise: Harmonise Geographical Names

Description

This function generates a list of dates that relate to ONS area code lists. ONS regularly update lists of geographical area codes. This allows you to see the date of each updated list for a particular area type. For the area type given in 'area_type', the function will return a list of dates which relate to each updated list of codes in the ONS geographical data portal. You should select the date that relates to your data and use that date in the geocheck() function call.

Usage

ONS_geolist(area_type, date = NULL)

Arguments

area_type	Type of area (eg. "Local Authority", "Region")
date	The most recent date you would like a list for. This will return only those files which pre-date the date parameter. If left blank, the function will return all valid file dates. This should be in the format eg."31-Dec-19"

Value

A vector of dates

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