Harmonize the notation of Japanese prefecture names.

harmonize_prefecture_name(x, to)

Arguments

x

Input vector.

to

Option. Whether to use longer ("long") or shorter ("short") prefectures.

Details

Convert with and without terminal notation, respectively.

• long option, long formal name

• Use the short option to omit the trailing characters

Examples

x <- c("\u6771\u4eac\u90fd", "\u5317\u6d77\u9053", "\u6c96\u7e04\u770c")
harmonize_prefecture_name(x, to = "short")
#> [1] "東京"   "北海道" "沖縄"  
x <- c("\u6771\u4eac", "\u5317\u6d77\u9053", "\u6c96\u7e04")
harmonize_prefecture_name(x, to = "long")
#> [1] "東京都" "北海道" "沖縄県"