StrAbbr: String Abbreviation

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String Abbreviation

Description

Abbreviate a character vector. The function includes starting from the first character as many characters as there are needed to result in a vector of unique values.

Usage

StrAbbr(x, minchar = 1, method = c("left", "fix"))

Arguments

x	character vector to be abbreviated
minchar	integer, minimal number of characters for the abbreviations.
method	one out of left or fix. While left restricts the result to as many characters are needed to ensure uniqueness, does fix yield a vector with all the elements being as long, as the the longest needed substring for differentiating the terms.

Value

The abbreviated strings.

Author(s)

Andri Signorell <[e-mail]>

See Also

abbreviate, StrTrunc, StrTrim

Examples

StrAbbr(x=levels(d.pizza$driver), minchar=2)
StrAbbr(x=levels(d.pizza$driver), minchar=2, method="left")
StrAbbr(x=levels(d.pizza$driver), minchar=2, method="fix")


x <- c("Aaron", "Aaramis", "Berta", "Bello", "Claudia", "Cardinale", "Doretta", "Emilia")
StrAbbr(x, minchar=2, method="left")
StrAbbr(x, minchar=2, method="fix")

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