Easily filter ACS variables

Filter the the results of select_variables_by_name() based on their match_type relative to match_string.

Usage

filter_variables(variable_vector, match_string, match_type = "positive")

Arguments

variable_vector

A named vector (intended for use with named ACS variables).

match_string

A string on which to filter (or not filter) elements in variable_vector.

match_type

Whether to include (match_type = "positive") or exclude (match_type = "negative") matching elements.

Value

The elements from variable_vector that do/don't match match_string.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
codebook = tidycensus::load_variables(dataset = "acs5", year = 2022)
selected_variables = select_variables_by_name("B16005_", census_codebook = codebook)
filter_variables(
  variable_vector = selected_variables,
  match_string = "universe_$|native_$|foreign_born_$|only|very_well",
  match_type = "positive")
} # }