fix.names: Fix Down Loaded Names
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fix.names

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Fix Down Loaded Names

Description

Fix names to remove problematic alphanumeric characters like spaces, quotes

Usage

fix.names(nam,  upper=FALSE, lower=FALSE)

Arguments

`nam`	string
`upper`	logical, TRUE= convert to upper case
`lower`	logical, TRUE= convert to lower case

Details

Currently only space, single and double quotes.

Value

string, with quaote replaced with underscore

Author(s)

Jonathan M. Lees<jonathan.lees@unc.edu>

Examples


####  examples with embedded quotes are not available
####    because they interfere with R documentation

LAM = "SILENCED LAMB"
fix.names(LAM, lower=TRUE)

LAM = "Silence my Lamb"
fix.names(LAM, upper=TRUE)

LAM = "SILeNCED LAMB"
fix.names(LAM)

###   try with single quote
LAM = "O'brian LAMB"
fix.names(LAM)

ProfessR documentation built on Aug. 21, 2023, 9:07 a.m.