is_valid_state: Returns TRUE if the given state is a valid state spelling

In uclalawcovid19behindbars/behindbarstools: Tools for the UCLA Behind Bars Data Team

Returns TRUE if the given state is a valid state spelling

Description

Returns TRUE if the given state is a valid state spelling given our state spelling naming conventions. Under our conventions, spellings include the 50 states spelled out (e.g. "Alabama"), "District of Columbia", the five populated U.S. territories, and "Not Available" (e.g. for federal facilities without a known state designation). Includes a parameter to return FALSE vs. NA if the given state spelling is NA.

Usage

is_valid_state(state, missing_as_na = T)

Arguments

state	character string of the state to check
missing_as_na	logical, whether NA should return NA (vs. FALSE)

Value

logical, TRUE if the given state is a valid state spelling

Examples

is_valid_state("DC")
is_valid_state(c("DC", NA, "District of Columbia"))

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