Parse Location from Ad Targeting Dataset — parse

A function to parse the location strings in the Ad Targeting Dataset and split into separate columns for each level of detail.

Usage

parse_location(.x, loc_var, type = "include", verbose = T)

Arguments

.x: A data.frame containing the location string
loc_var: A character string specifying the name of the column in .x that contains the location string
type: A character string specifying the prefix to add to each column of split location details. Default is "include". Should be "include" or "exclude".
verbose: A logical flag specifying whether to display a progress bar during processing. Default is TRUE.

Value

A data.frame with columns for each level of detail in the location.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  ### create a dataset with unique include_location values
  distinct_data <- targeting_data %>%
    distinct(include_location)

  #### parse the location data and join in original dataset
  distinct_data %>%
    parse_location(include_location, type = "include") %>%
    right_join(targeting_data)

  ###----####

  ### create a dataset with unique exclude_location values
  distinct_data <- targeting_data %>%
    distinct(exclude_location)

  #### parse the location data and join in original dataset
  distinct_data %>%
    parse_location(exclude_location, type = "exclude") %>%
    right_join(targeting_data)

} # }