rwmGetISO3: Internal function for getting the ISO3 country code for a country name
synonymn.
Description
Searches countrySynonyms to get the ISO3 code. If the name is not found NA
is returned. Allows joining of imperfect names to other country data in
joinCountryData2Map( joinCode='NAME' )
Usage
rwmGetISO3(oddName)
Value
the ISO3 code (3 letters) corresponding to the country name passed,
or NA if one is not found
Arguments
oddName
country name that user wishes to find code for
Author
Andy South
References
This was derived and used with permission from the Perl Locale
package. Locale::Codes::Country_Codes. Thanks to Sullivan Beck for
pulling this together. Data sources are acknowledged here :
http://search.cpan.org/~sbeck/Locale-Codes-3.23/lib/Locale/Codes/Country.pod