Redefine when a generation starts and ends

Not all people agree on when a generation started and ended. This is especially true with the most recent few generations. The years I have chosen come from Howe & Strauss' book. This function lets you redefine the start and end years of a generation to fit your personal tastes.

redefine_generation(generation, start, end)

Arguments

generation	a string, exactly matching a generation's name
start	an integer, representing the year you want generation to start at
end	an integer, representing thet year you want generation to end at.

Details

The changes here modify the underlying data and will be reflected in any subsequent reference to the generational data. You can view what the current dataset is with show_generations. Any change you make can be reset using reset_generations.

Examples

redefine_generation("Millennial", 1980, 1997)
#> Gen X is now from 1964 to 1979
#> Millennial is now from 1980 to 1997
#> Gen Z is now from 1998 to 2030
show_generations()
#>              name start  end
#> 1           Gen Z  1998 2030
#> 2      Millennial  1980 1997
#> 3           Gen X  1964 1979
#> 4          Boomer  1946 1963
#> 5          Silent  1929 1945
#> 6            G.I.  1908 1928
#> 7            Lost  1886 1907
#> 8      Missionary  1865 1885
#> 9     Progressive  1844 1864
#> 10         Gilded  1822 1843
#> 11 Transcendental  1794 1821
#> 12     Compromise  1773 1793
#> 13     Republican  1746 1772
#> 14        Liberty  1727 1745
#> 15      Awakening  1704 1726
#> 16  Enlightenment  1675 1703
#> 17       Glorious  1649 1674
#> 18       Cavalier  1621 1648
#> 19        Puritan  1594 1620
#> 20  Parliamentary  1569 1593
#> 21    Elizabethan  1542 1568
#> 22       Reprisal  1517 1541
#> 23    Reformation  1497 1516
#> 24       Humanist  1459 1496
#> 25     Aurthurian  1435 1458