fuzzy_block: Fuzzy block Canadian things with addresses and postal codes
In tweed1e/matchtools: Tools For Matching Firms From Different Datasets

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

View source: R/fuzzy_block.R

Generate geography pairs to block matching on. Taking into account weird postal code things.

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`postal_input`	A list of postal codes. Not optimal.
`postal_coords`	A tbl of all postal codes and coordinates
`input`	Name of input postal code column
`output`	Name of output postal code column
`distance_col`	Name of output distance column
`max_dist`	Maximum distance in fuzzy join, in kilometres

Geography pairs to block on.

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#library(postalcodes)
postal_input <- postalcodes::postal_coords[1:10, 'postalcode']
fuzzy_block(postal_input = postal_input, postal_coords = postal_coords)