cansim (version 0.3.16)

get_cansim_table_subject: Retrieve Statistics Canada data table subject detail

Description

Returns table subject detail 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_table_subject(
  cansimTableNumber,
  language = "english",
  refresh = FALSE,
  timeout = 200
)

Value

A tibble with the table subject code and name.

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_table_subject("34-10-0013")
}