Get GMD data.

This is a wrapper of dlw_get_data. It just build the calls to dlw_get_data, for ease of use.

Usage

dlw_get_gmd(
  country_code,
  year = NULL,
  module = NULL,
  survey = NULL,
  filename = NULL,
  vermast = NULL,
  veralt = NULL,
  latest_version = TRUE,
  latest_year = FALSE,
  verbose = getOption("dlw.verbose"),
  ...
)

Arguments

country_code

character: ISO3 code

year

numeric: four digit year

module

character: module of GMD collection (e.g., ALL, GPWG, L)

survey

character: survey acronyn

filename

character: File name

vermast

character: Version of the master data in the form "vXX" where X is a number of two digits like "01" or "02".

veralt

character: Version of the alternative data in the form "vXX" where X is a number of two digits like "01" or "02".

latest_version

logical: If TRUE and `vermast` and `veralt` are NULL, it will use the most recent version of the data for a particular year.

latest_year

logical: If `TRUE` and `year` is NULL, it retrieves the most recent year. Otherwise, it will return the calls for all the years available. This is the default.

verbose

logical: whether to display info

...

Arguments passed on to dlw_get_data

local_dir

character: Local directory to save data. Default available in option dlw.local_dir which is set initially as "".

local

logical: whether or not to save and read data locally. default is TRUE if `local_dir` exists.

local_overwrite

logical. Whether to overwrite any saved data. Default is FALSE

Value

If the call is unique, it will return the data. If not, it will return the posibilities for the user to choose.

See also

Other GMD utilities: dlw_get_gmd_support(), eval_gmd_call(), gmd_calls()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  dlw_get_gmd("PRY", 2010, "GPWG") # latest version of 2010
  dlw_get_gmd("PRY", module = "GPWG") # latest year and latest version
} # }