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Fuzzy Search for Species Names Using Approximate Matching

Source: R/search_reptiledbr.R
reptiledbr_partial.Rd

This function performs approximate (fuzzy) matching of species names from a given list of input terms against the species names in the reptile database, and indicates whether each matched species has subspecies.

Usage

reptiledbr_partial(species_names, max_dist = 2)

Arguments

species_names

Character vector. One or more scientific names or fragments to match approximately.

max_dist

Maximum string distance allowed for a match (default: 2).

Value

A tibble with matched species, taxonomic info, fuzzy match flag, and subspecies presence. The response variable may return different messages depending on the outcome of the query. Possible values include:

  • "Species not found" – The specified species could not be matched in the database.

  • "Species has subspecies" – The specified species exists and has one or more subspecies registered.

  • "No subspecies found" – The species was found, but there are no subspecies associated with it in the database.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# These examples require the 'reptiledb.data' package to be installed.
reptiledbr_partial(c("Ablepharus alaicuss", "Anolis limom"))
} # }