Convert ANZSCO names and abbreviations into the consistent format used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

This function enables both exact (default) and fuzzy matching. Under exact matching, if no match is found, NA is returned.

Usage

clean_anzsco(
  x,
  fuzzy_match = FALSE,
  max_dist = 0.4,
  method = "jw",
  silent = FALSE
)

Arguments

x

a (character) vector containing ANZSCO titles. Note that clean_anzsco always returns a character vector. If no match is found, then NA is returned.

fuzzy_match

logical; either TRUE which indicates that approximate/fuzzy string matching should be used, or FALSE (the default) which indicates that only exact matches should be used. If FALSE, then if no match is found, then NA is returned.

max_dist

numeric, sets the maximum acceptable distance between your string and the matched string. Default is 0.4. Only relevant when fuzzy_match is TRUE.

method

the method used for approximate/fuzzy string matching. Default is "jw", the Jaro-Winker distance; see `??stringdist-metrics` for more options. Only relevant when fuzzy_match is TRUE.

silent

a boolean value. If FALSE (the default), the function will warn that NA(s) were returned.

Value

a character vector of cleaned values that have matches in the official format.

See also

clean_anzsic for ANZSIC.

Other cleaning functions: clean_anzsic(), clean_asced_foe(), clean_asced_qual(), clean_nfd()

Examples

clean_anzsco("driving instructor")
#> [1] "Driving Instructor"

clean_anzsco("Driving", fuzzy_match = TRUE)
#> [1] "Driving Instructor"