cal_match {almanac}

Calendar matching

Description

cal_match() matches a date in x to a holiday in rcalendar and returns the corresponding holiday name, or NA if it doesn't exist in the calendar.

If a date corresponds to multiple holidays, the holiday that was added to the calendar first is returned.

This function is intended to be similar to base::match().

Usage

cal_match(x, rcalendar)

Arguments

x

⁠[Date]⁠

A date vector to match.

rcalendar

⁠[rcalendar]⁠

A calendar to look for holiday matches in.

Value

A character vector the same size as x.

Examples

cal <- rcalendar(
  hol_christmas(),
  hol_halloween(),
  hol_new_years_day(),
  hol_us_presidents_day()
)

x <- as.Date(c(
  "2019-01-02",
  "2019-12-25",
  "2018-02-19",
  "2018-02-20",
  "2020-10-31"
))

cal_match(x, cal)