icesDatras (version 1.4.1)

checkSurveyYearQuarterOK: Check that a survey, year and quarter combination is in the database

Description

Checks a quarter and/or year and/or survey name against a list of all survey year quarter combinations in the DATRAS database. If the combination is not matched it puts up a message showing the available options.

Usage

checkSurveyYearQuarterOK(
  survey,
  year,
  quarter,
  checksurvey = TRUE,
  checkyear = TRUE
)

Value

logical.

Arguments

survey

the survey acronym, e.g. NS-IBTS.

year

the year of the survey, e.g. 2010.

quarter

the quarter of the year the survey took place, i.e. 1, 2, 3 or 4.

checksurvey

logical, should the survey name also be checked.

checkyear

logical, should the year also be checked.

See Also

checkSurveyOK and checkSurveyYearOK also perform checks against the DATRAS database.

icesDatras-package gives an overview of the package.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
checkSurveyYearQuarterOK(survey = "ROCKALL", 2015, 3)
checkSurveyYearQuarterOK(survey = "ROCKALL", 2015, 1)
checkSurveyYearQuarterOK(survey = "ROCKALL", 2000, 1)
checkSurveyYearQuarterOK(survey = "NOTALL", 2000, 1)

# be careful of unexpected results with checksurvey and checkyear!
checkSurveyYearQuarterOK(survey = "NOTALL", 2000, 1, checksurvey=FALSE)
}