general_repatriate_occupation_from_address {podcleaner}

Mutate operation(s) in Scottish post office general directory data.frame column(s)

Description

For some raw Scottish post office general directory entries occupation information lives in the addresses column as a result of parsing errors. general_repatriate_occupation_from_address attempts to move this information to the appropriate destination: the occupation column.

Usage

general_repatriate_occupation_from_address(directory, regex)

Arguments

directory

A Scottish post office general directory in the form of a data.frame or other object that inherits from the data.frame class such as a tibble. Columns must at least include occupation and addresses.

regex

Regex to use for the task provided as a character string.

Value

A data.frame of the same class as the one provided in directory; columns include at least occupation and addresses.