addCountryName: Add metadata to a dataframe (country name, ISO3 code, etc)

In valentint/indstat: INDSTAT Utilities updated for 2021

Add metadata to a dataframe (country name, ISO3 code, etc)

Description

Add additional information (metadata) to a data frame containing country information.

Usage

addCountryName(df, ct.x = "CT", ct.y = "ACODE", ct.name = "NAME", comptype=FALSE)
addCountryISO3(df, ct.x = "CT", ct.y = "ACODE", ct.iso3 = "ISO3", comptype=FALSE)

Arguments

df	A data frame containing country information. Countries are identified by a country code, e.g. UN country code
ct.x	Country code field name in the data frame - defaults to CT
ct.y	Country code field name in the metadata data frame rcodes- defaults to ACODE
ct.name	Country name field name in the metadata data frame rcodes- defaults to NAME
ct.iso3	Country ISO3 code field name in the metadata data frame rcodes- defaults to ISO3
comptype	Wheather to include the component type (M=country or A=aggregate (country group)) - defaults to FALSE

Value

A data frame with the requested metadata added.

Author(s)

Valentin Todorov [e-mail]

References

UNIDO (2010), Industrial Statistics: Guidelines and Methodology.

Examples

data("graphdata")
mvax <- get.50x51()
head(addCountryName(mvax))
head(addCountryISO3(mvax))
head(addCountryISO3(mvax, comptype=TRUE))

valentint/indstat documentation built on July 2, 2023, 10:39 p.m.