NEWS.md
convert_jdate() (#55).convert_prefecture(): New functions for converting prefecture names between Roman and Kanji (@Doubt-0KB, #48).convert_prefecture_from_kana(): New functions for converting prefecture names from kana to Kanji (@Doubt-0KB, #48).convert_jyear() and convert_jdate() (@paithiov909, #50).kana(): New function for create kana vector (#43).harmonize_prefecture_name(): New function for processing prefectural strings (#37).
is_prefecture().str_jnormalize: New function for pre-processing Japanese characters following the rules of ‘neologd’ (@paithiov909, #36).jholiday_spec() when any NAs, NULL, and empty strings are supplied (@paithiov909, #38).is_jholiday() fails if the date argument contains NA (@hidekoji, #39).is_jholiday() returns incorrect result if lubridate.week.start option is set to other than Sunday (@hidekoji, #40).jholiday_spec() is now memoised internally. This change makes its second and later calls faster. Also, multiple values of name are now acceptable. (@paithiov909, #38).kansuji2arabic_num() converts Kansuji that containing kansuji for positions (e.g. Hyaku, Sen, etc) to Arabic numerals with the numbers represented by Kansuji (Fix #8).kansuji2arabic_str() converts Kansuji in the string to Arabic numerals with the numbers they represent.label_kansuji() and label_kansuji_suffix() converts the label value to either Kansuji value or mixture of Arabic numerals and the Kansuji Scales.convert_jyear() supports strict representation of the Japanese imperial year (#30).convert_jdate() can converts the Japanese date format to as a date object.find_date_by_wday(), jholiday_spec(), jholiday(), and is_jholiday() are now vectorized and accept multiple years (@yutannihilation, #15).separate_address() also now vectorized.read_zipcode() to read Japan post’s zip-code file and dl_zipcode_file() for raw file download.is_zipcode() test zip-code. Only supports 7-digit numbers or characters.zipcode_spacer() insert and remove zip-code connect character.str_jconv() and str_conv_*() converts the kind of string used as Japanese people.jholiday_spec() to find date from corresponding year and holiday name and jholiday() is used to look up a list of holidays for the year.is_jholiday() whether the day is a holiday.find_date_by_wday())