The currencies table contains information of currency codes and localized
display names and symbols across 574 locales. The
cldr_currencies() function allows one to extract a single element value
from the table by supplying the locale, the currency code (currency), and
one of the following element names:
"currency_symbol""currency_symbol_narrow""currency_display_name""currency_display_name_count_1""currency_display_name_count_other"
Usage
cldr_currencies(
locale = "en",
currency = currency_code_list$USD,
element = currencies_elements$currency_symbol
)Arguments
- locale
The locale ID for which to obtain the data from the currencies table.
- currency
The currency code (e.g.,
"USD","EUR", etc.). A valid set of currency codes can be accessed through the currency_code_list object.- element
The element from which information will be obtained for the specified
locale. A valid set of currency elements can be accessed through the currencies_elements list object.
Examples
If you would like to get the currency display name for the British Pound
("GBP") currency while in the "de" locale, the following invocation of
cldr_currencies() can be used.
cldr_currencies(
locale = "de",
currency = currency_code_list$GBP,
element = currencies_elements$currency_display_name
)