filter_by_census_area: Filters census data by area
In phildonovan/nzcensr: New Zealands census data

Description Usage Arguments Value

Filters a census table by another area e.g. meshblocks by territorial area or region. It can only work if the geographic level is at the same or a greater scale than the input data e.g. meshblocks <= area_units <= wards <= local boards <= territoral authorities <= regions

1 2	filter_by_census_area(.data, geographic_level, geographic_filter, pattern, append_geog_desc = TRUE)

`.data`	The data set to be filtered. Must contain a column with census spatial names in it e.g. (Area_Code_and_Description).
`geographic_level`	The geographic level of the input spatial data e.g. area_units.
`geographic_filter`	The geographic level of the spatial filter e.g. region.
`pattern`	The pattern to match the area to filter by e.g. 'Wellington Region'.