Retrieve Data for Plotting by Key and Country ISO Code

This function dynamically calls a getter function from the amerdigest package based on the provided key. Optionally, it filters data by the ISO3 country code.

Usage

digest_data(key, iso = NULL, ...)

Arguments

key

Character. The data key to specify which getter function to call. Must correspond to a function named get_<key> inside the amerdigest package.

iso

Character or NULL. Optional ISO3 country code to filter data by country. If provided, must exist in countrynames$iso3.

...

Additional arguments passed to the underlying getter function.

Value

A list (or object) returned by the called getter function.

Examples

# Example usage assuming amerdigest and countrynames are loaded
data <- digest_data("regflow", iso = "USA")
knitr::kable(data)
#> 
#> 
#> |geo |t        |      n|var   |
#> |:---|:--------|------:|:-----|
#> |USA |2022 Jan | 381231|Exits |
#> |USA |2022 Feb | 288707|Exits |
#> |USA |2022 Mar | 401961|Exits |
#> |USA |2022 Apr | 381597|Exits |
#> |USA |2022 May | 351002|Exits |
#> |USA |2022 Jun | 398872|Exits |
#> |USA |2022 Jul | 466603|Exits |
#> |USA |2022 Aug | 435972|Exits |
#> |USA |2022 Sep | 295678|Exits |
#> |USA |2022 Oct | 292705|Exits |
#> |USA |2022 Nov | 344509|Exits |
#> |USA |2022 Dec | 355080|Exits |
#> |USA |2023 Jan | 559791|Exits |
#> |USA |2023 Feb | 462003|Exits |
#> |USA |2023 Mar | 560053|Exits |
#> |USA |2023 Apr | 465102|Exits |
#> |USA |2023 May | 400236|Exits |
#> |USA |2023 Jun | 474840|Exits |
#> |USA |2023 Jul | 572647|Exits |
#> |USA |2023 Aug | 515596|Exits |
#> |USA |2023 Sep | 352057|Exits |
#> |USA |2023 Oct | 350213|Exits |
#> |USA |2023 Nov | 442734|Exits |
#> |USA |2023 Dec | 496298|Exits |
#> |USA |2024 Jan | 659955|Exits |
#> |USA |2024 Feb | 554318|Exits |
#> |USA |2024 Mar | 660935|Exits |
#> |USA |2024 Apr | 538093|Exits |
#> |USA |2024 May | 467166|Exits |
#> |USA |2024 Jun | 561303|Exits |
#> |USA |2024 Jul | 612978|Exits |
#> |USA |2024 Aug | 543567|Exits |
#> |USA |2024 Sep | 380312|Exits |
#> |USA |2024 Oct | 359245|Exits |
#> |USA |2024 Nov | 441231|Exits |
#> |USA |2024 Dec | 539427|Exits |
#> |USA |2025 Jan | 523994|Exits |
#> |USA |2025 Feb | 414055|Exits |
#> |USA |2025 Mar | 558969|Exits |
#> |USA |2025 Apr | 122173|Exits |