parenthesize: Wrap a string in brackets

In assertive.base: A Lightweight Core of the 'assertive' Package

Description

Parenthesise a character vector by wrapping elements in brackets, dashes or commas.

Usage

parenthesize(
  x,
  type = c("round_brackets", "square_brackets", "curly_brackets", "angle_brackets",
    "chevrons", "hyphens", "en_dashes", "em_dashes", "commas")
)

parenthesise(
  x,
  type = c("round_brackets", "square_brackets", "curly_brackets", "angle_brackets",
    "chevrons", "hyphens", "en_dashes", "em_dashes", "commas")
)

Arguments

x	Character vector to wrap in parenthenses.
type	String naming the type of parenthesis.

Value

A character vector of the input wrapped in parentheses.

Note

English grammar terminology is awfully confusing. The verb 'to parenthesise' means to wrap a phrase in brackets or dashes or commas, thus denoting it as supplementary material that could be left out. A 'parenthesis' as a noun is often used as a synonym for a round bracket.

See Also

sQuote

Examples

paste("There were three", parenthesise(3), "mice in the experiment.")
paste(
  "I love parmos", 
  parenthesise("Teesside's finest culinary invention", "en_dashes"), 
  "but they are sure to give me heart disease."
)
parenthesise(letters[1:5], "curly")
paste0(
  "The R language", 
  parenthesise("an offshoot of S and Scheme", "commas"), 
  "is quite good for data analysis."
)

Example output

[1] "There were three (3) mice in the experiment."
Warning message:
Coercing 3 to class 'character'. 
[1] "I love parmos <U+2013> Teesside's finest culinary invention <U+2013> but they are sure to give me heart disease."
[1] "{a}" "{b}" "{c}" "{d}" "{e}"
[1] "The R language, an offshoot of S and Scheme, is quite good for data analysis."

assertive.base documentation built on Feb. 8, 2021, 9:06 a.m.