Standardize Parsed State Names

Convert directionals to the USPS preferred abbreviations

pm_streetDir_std(.data, var, dictionary, locale = "us")

Arguments

.data	A postmastr object created with pm_prep
var	A character variable that may contain directionals
dictionary	Optional; A tbl created with pm_dictionary to be used as a master list of directionals. If none is provided, the dic_us_dir object will be used as the default dictionary when locale = "us".
locale	A string indicating the country these data represent; the only current option is "us" but this is included to facilitate future expansion.

Value

A tibble with an updated variable that contains the one or two-letter abbreviation for the given directional. This follows USPS addressing standards.