Package index • dfeR

Data sets

Data sets exported in the package

ons_geog_shorthands: Lookup for ONS geography columns shorthands

wd_pcon_lad_la_rgn_ctry: Ward to Constituency to LAD to LA to Region to Country lookup

countries: Lookup for valid country names and codes

regions: Lookup for valid region names and codes

geog_time_identifiers: Potential names for geography and time columns

Database connection

Helpful functions for connecting to databases in DfE

get_clean_sql(): Get a cleaned SQL script into R

Fetch geography lists

Pull geography lookups from the ONS Geography Portal

fetch_pcons(): Fetch Westminster parliamentary constituencies

fetch_countries(): Fetch countries

fetch_lads(): Fetch local authority districts

fetch_las(): Fetch local authorities

fetch_regions(): Fetch regions

fetch_wards(): Fetch wards

Presentation prettifiers

Functions for presenting pretty versions of numbers with readable code

pretty_filesize(): Pretty numbers into readable file size

pretty_num(): Prettify big numbers into a readable format

pretty_num_table(): Format a data frame with dfeR::pretty_num().

pretty_time_taken(): Calculate elapsed time between two points and present prettily

Pre-populated project

A function to create a new R project with a pre-populated folder and file structure

create_project(): Creates a pre-populated project for DfE R

Specific formats

Functions for converting to specific formats

format_ay(): Format academic year

format_ay_reverse(): Undo academic year formatting

format_fy(): Format financial year

format_fy_reverse(): Undo financial year formatting

Helpers

Functions used in other functions across the package, exported as they can also be useful in their own right

round_five_up(): Round five up

comma_sep(): Comma separate

get_ons_api_data(): Fetch ONS Open Geography API data

toggle_message(): Controllable console messages

Replace NA values

Replace NA values with the default “z” or an alternative replacement

z_replace(): Replaces NA values in tables