CIAdata {mosaic}

Return a dataset based on the CIA World Factbook

Description

This function can be used in two different ways. Without an argument, it returns a reference table that includes information about all the CIA World Factbook tables that are available through this function. Note the Name column that indicates a unique name for each available dataset. If this name is passed as an argument to the function, the function will return the corresponding dataset.

Usage

CIAdata(name = NULL)

Arguments

name

An optional parameter specifying the name of the desired dataset. If multiple names are given, a merge will be attempted on the individual data sets.

Examples

## Not run: 
head(CIAdata())
Population <- CIAdata("pop")
nrow(Population)
head(Population)

PopArea <- 
  CIAdata(c("pop","area")) |> 
  mutate(density = pop / area)
nrow(PopArea)
head(PopArea)
PopArea |> 
  filter(!is.na(density)) |>
  arrange(density) |> 
  tail()

## End(Not run)