code_bundesland: Convert the Name or the AGS of a Bundesland

In sumtxt/ags: Crosswalk Municipality and District Statistics in Germany

Convert the Name or the AGS of a Bundesland

Description

Convert the Name or the AGS of a Bundesland

Usage

code_bundesland(
  sourcevar,
  origin = "ags",
  destination = "name",
  factor = FALSE
)

Arguments

sourcevar	Vector which contains the codes or names to be converted.
origin	The following options are available: ags: AGS (default). name: Bundesland name.
destination	The following options are available: ags: Bundesland AGS (default). iso: The Bundesland two-character abbreviation. name: Bundesland name. name_eng: Bundesland name in English.
factor	If TRUE returns ordered factor.

Details

This function converts a string of Bundesland names into the AGS, the standardized (English) name, or the Bundesland abbreviation.

If origin="AGS", the first two digits will be used to identify a Bundesland. It is therefore important that sourcevar is supplied as a character vector with a leading zeros if applicable.

Value

A character vector.

See Also

format_ags() for formatting AGS.

Examples

library(dplyr)
data(btw_sn)

btw_sn %>% 
 mutate(bl=code_bundesland(district, origin="ags", 
     destination="name"))

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