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Welcome to New York City, one of the most-visited cities in the world. There are many Airbnb listings in New York City to meet the high demand for temporary lodging for travelers, which can be anywhere between a few nights to many months. In this notebook, we will take a closer look at the New York Airbnb market by combining data from multiple file types like .csv, .tsv, and .xlsx (Excel files).

Recall that CSV, TSV, and Excel files are three common formats for storing data. Three files containing data on 2019 Airbnb listings are available to you:

datasets/airbnb_price.csv

  • listing_id: unique identifier of listing
  • price: nightly listing price in USD
  • nbhood_full: name of borough and neighborhood where listing is located

datasets/airbnb_room_type.xlsx This is an Excel file containing data on Airbnb listing descriptions and room types.

  • listing_id: unique identifier of listing
  • description: listing description
  • room_type: Airbnb has three types of rooms: shared rooms, private rooms, and entire homes/apartments

datasets/airbnb_last_review.tsv This is a TSV file containing data on Airbnb host names and review dates.

  • listing_id: unique identifier of listing
  • host_name: name of listing host
  • last_review: date when the listing was last reviewed
# We've loaded your first few packages for you in the first cell. Please feel free to add as many cells as you like!
suppressMessages(library(dplyr)) # This line is required to check your answer correctly
options(readr.show_types = FALSE) # This line is required to check your answer correctly
library(readr)
library(readxl)
library(stringr)
library(lubridate)


# Import data
price <- read_csv('data/airbnb_price.csv')
review <- read_tsv('data/airbnb_last_review.tsv')
room <- read_xlsx('data/airbnb_room_type.xlsx')
# Create a single table with all data
bnb_joined <- price %>%
	left_join(room, by = 'listing_id') %>%
	left_join(review, by = 'listing_id')
# Fix data type issue with price
bnb_joined[c('price', 'currency')] <- str_split_fixed(bnb_joined$price, ' ', 2)
bnb_joined <- transform(bnb_joined, price = as.numeric(price))

# Fix data type issue with last_review
bnb_joined$last_review <- mdy(bnb_joined$last_review)

# Fix data type issue in room_type
bnb_joined$room_type <- str_to_lower(bnb_joined$room_type)

private <- bnb_joined %>%
	group_by(room_type) %>%
	summarize(nb_private_rooms = n()) %>%
	filter(room_type == 'private room') %>%
	select(nb_private_rooms)
review_dates <- bnb_joined %>%
	summarize(avg_price = mean(price), first_reviewed = min(last_review), last_reviewed = max(last_review))
review_dates <- cbind(review_dates, private)
review_dates <- review_dates %>%
	select(first_reviewed, last_reviewed, nb_private_rooms, avg_price)
review_dates