IEEE_count: Count number of results for a given search

In ropensci/IEEER: Interface to the IEEE Xplore Gateway

Count number of results for a given search

Description

Count the number of results for a given search. Useful to check before attempting to pull down a very large number of records.

Usage

IEEE_count(query = NULL)

Arguments

query

Character string (for a simple search), or a named list of search strings, with the names corresponding to IEEE search parameters (see query_param or http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/gateway)

Value

Number of results (integer). An attribute "search_info" contains information about the search parameters and the time at which it was performed.

Examples

# count papers in year 1970
IEEE_count(list(pys=1970, pye=1970))

# count papers by author Rabiner
IEEE_count(list(au="Rabiner"))

# count papers by author Rabiner, L
IEEE_count(list(au="Rabiner, L"))

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