EdSurvey (version 4.0.7)

downloadHSLS: Download and Unzip HSLS Files

Description

Uses an Internet connection to download HSLS data. Data come from nces.ed.gov zip files. This function works for 2009 data.

Usage

downloadHSLS(root, years = c(2009), cache = FALSE, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

root

a character string indicating the directory where the HSLS data should be stored. Files are placed in a subdirectory named HSLS/[year].

years

an integer vector of the assessment years to download. Valid year is 2009 only.

cache

a logical value set to process and cache the text (.txt) version of files. This takes a very long time but saves time for future uses of the data. Default value is FALSE.

verbose

a logical value to either print or suppress status message output. The default value is TRUE.

Author

Tom Fink

See Also

readHSLS

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# root argument will vary by operating system conventions
downloadHSLS(root = "~/", years=2009)

# set verbose=FALSE for silent output
# if year not specified, download all years
downloadHSLS(root="~/", verbose = FALSE)
}