extract_abs_sheets {readabs}

Extract data sheets from an ABS timeseries workbook saved locally as an Excel file.

Description

Note that this function will not tidy the data for you. Use read_abs_local()to import and tidy data from local ABS time series spreadsheets or read_abs() to download, import and tidy ABS time series.

Usage

extract_abs_sheets(
  filename,
  table_title = NULL,
  path = Sys.getenv("R_READABS_PATH", unset = tempdir())
)

Arguments

filename

Filename for an ABS time series spreadsheet (as string)

table_title

String giving the full title of the ABS table, such as "Table 1. Employed persons, Australia"

path

Local directory in which an ABS time series is stored. Default is Sys.getenv("R_READABS_PATH", unset = tempdir()).