toc_determine_hierarchy: Determine level in hierarchy

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Determine level in hierarchy

Description

Divides the number of spaces before alphanumeric characters with 4 and uses the result to determine hierarchy. Top level is 0.

Usage

toc_determine_hierarchy(input_string)

Arguments

input_string

A string containing Eurostat TOC titles

Details

Used in toc_determine_hierarchy function to determine hierarchy. Hierarchy is defined in Eurostat .txt format TOC files by the number of white space characters at intervals of four. For example, " Foo" (4 white space characters) is one level higher than " Bar" (8 white space characters). "Database by themes" (0 white space characters before the first alphanumeric character) is highest in the hierarchy.

The function will return a warning if the input has white space in anything else than as increments of 4. 0, 4, 8... are acceptable but 3, 6, 10... are not.

Value

Numeric

Author(s)

Pyry Kantanen

See Also

get_eurostat_toc() toc_count_children() toc_determine_hierarchy() toc_list_children() toc_count_whitespace()

Examples

strings <- c("        abc", "    cdf", "no_spaces")
eurostat:::toc_determine_hierarchy(strings)

rOpenGov/eurostat documentation built on Jan. 19, 2024, 11:45 a.m.