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    <h1>Get the EBD version and associated taxonomy version</h1>
    <small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/CornellLabofOrnithology/auk/blob/HEAD/R/auk-ebd-version.R" class="external-link"><code>R/auk-ebd-version.R</code></a></small>
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    <p>Based on the filename of eBird Basic Dataset (EBD) or sampling event data,
determine the version (i.e. release date) of this EBD. Also determine the
corresponding taxonomy version. The eBird taxonomy is updated annually in
August.</p>
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    <div id="ref-usage">
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span><span class="fu">auk_ebd_version</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">x</span>, check_exists <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
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    <div id="arguments">
    <h2>Arguments</h2>
    <dl><dt>x</dt>
<dd><p>filename of EBD of sampling event data file, <code>auk_ebd</code> object, or
<code>auk_sampling</code> object.</p></dd>


<dt>check_exists</dt>
<dd><p>logical; should the file be checked for existence before
processing. If <code>check_exists = TRUE</code> and the file does not exists, the
function will raise an error.</p></dd>

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    <div id="value">
    <h2>Value</h2>
    

<p>A list with two elements:</p><ul><li><p><code>ebd_version</code>: a date object specifying the release date of the EBD.</p></li>
<li><p><code>taxonomy_version</code>: the year of the taxonomy used in this EBD.</p></li>
</ul><p>Both elements will be NA if an EBD version cannot be extracted from the
filename.</p>
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    <h2>See also</h2>
    <div class="dont-index"><p>Other helpers: 
<code><a href="auk_version.html">auk_version</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="ebird_species.html">ebird_species</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="get_ebird_taxonomy.html">get_ebird_taxonomy</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="process_barcharts.html">process_barcharts</a>()</code></p></div>
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    <h2>Examples</h2>
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu">auk_ebd_version</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"ebd_relAug-2018.txt"</span>, check_exists <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">FALSE</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> $ebd_version</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [1] "2018-08-01"</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> $taxonomy_version</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [1] 2018</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> </span>
</code></pre></div>
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