Helpers

Some helper functions are made available in NFLData.jl for use in loading and cleaning data. Not all helper functions that are available in {nflreadr} have been translated to NFLData.jl, such as nflreadr::join_coalesce()–these functions are general enough that they are considered beyond the scope of this package.

NFLData.gameinfo.most_recent_season — Function

most_recent_season(roster::Bool = false)

Return the most recent NFL season (including in-progress season).

If roster=true, the upcoming NFL season is returned if the system date is March 15th or later. Defaults to false.

Examples

julia> # if using Dates; today() == "2024-06-15"

julia> most_recent_season()
2023

julia> most_recent_season(true)
2024

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NFLData.gameinfo.get_current_week — Function

get_current_week(use_date::Bool = false)

Return the current/upcoming week of the NFL season. Uses the schedules by default, can be swapped to use date-based heuristics by passing use_date=true.

Examples

julia>  # if using Dates; today() == "2024-09-15"

julia>get_current_week()
2

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NFLData.helpers.clean_team_abbrs — Method

clean_team_abbrs(team::String; current_location::Bool = true, keep_non_matches::Bool = true)

Clean abbreviations of teams to NFLverse friendly abbreviations.

Examples

julia> clean_team_abbrs("SD")
"LAC"

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NFLData.helpers.nflverse_game_id — Method

nflverse_game_id(season::Number,week::Number,away::String,home::String)

Check and calculate an nflverse game ID.

Examples

```julia-repl julia> nflversegameid(2022, 2, "LAC", "KC") "202202LAC_KC"

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