rx_tab: Match a tab character.

In RVerbalExpressions: Create Regular Expressions Easily

Description

Match a tab character.

Usage

rx_tab(.data = NULL, inverse = FALSE)

Arguments

.data	Expression to append, typically pulled from the pipe %>%
inverse	Invert match behavior, defaults to FALSE (match tabs). Use TRUE to not match tabs.

Details

This function is looks for tabs with the following expression: \t

1. Tab character: https://codepoints.net/U+0009

Examples

rx_tab()
rx_tab(inverse = TRUE)

# create an expression
x <- rx_tab()

# create input
string <- "foo\tbar"

# extract match
regmatches(string, regexpr(x, string))

RVerbalExpressions documentation built on Nov. 6, 2019, 5:08 p.m.