cansim (version 0.3.16)

get_cansim_column_list: Retrieve Statistics Canada data table column list

Description

Returns table column details given an NDM table number in English or French. Retrieved table information data is cached for the duration of the R session only.

Usage

get_cansim_column_list(
  cansimTableNumber,
  language = "english",
  refresh = FALSE,
  timeout = 200
)

Value

A tibble listing the column names of the StatCan table.

Arguments

cansimTableNumber

the NDM table number to load

language

"en" or "english" for English and "fr" or "french" for French language versions (default set to English)

refresh

(Optional) When set to TRUE, forces a reload of data table (default is FALSE)

timeout

(Optional) Timeout in seconds for downloading cansim table to work around scenarios where StatCan servers drop the network connection.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
get_cansim_column_list("34-10-0013")
}