datastan - November 19th, 2024

• When selecting the file output type, SQLite files will now be deleted if the user specifies csv or rds as the file output type to avoid duplicating datasets and wasting space.

datastan - August 29th, 2024

• Added another case to location abbreviations:

1. Pl -> Place

datastan - August 29th, 2024

• Added another location-based preprocessing option which will allow user to select whether they want street abbreviations to be converted to their full name counterparts. The abbreviations are:

1. St -> Street
2. Rd -> Road
3. Ave -> Avenue
4. Blvd -> Boulevard
5. Dr -> Drive
6. Ln -> Lane

datastan - August 21st, 2024

• Fixed an issue with PHINs were some fields weren't being recorded in the standardized dataset properly.

datastan - August 21st, 2024

• Updated the PHIN standardizing function to fix trailing and leading whitespace.

datastan - August 21st, 2024

• Updated the PHIN standardizing function.

datastan - August 14th, 2024

• Updates DESCRIPTION file to fix install.

datastan - May 3rd, 2024

• Updated the user and developer facing documentation.
• Added a feature request which will extract the first initial of middle names and place in another column.
• Final update to the datastan package for the time being. Leave any bugs or errors in the issues tab, please and thank you!

datastan - May 2nd, 2024

• Added some more titles and suffixes that will be replaced to the name standardizing option.

datastan - May 2nd, 2024

• Modified the title and suffix standardizing option by changing the function that reconverts names. It is now much faster when executing the code on a large vector of names.