str_normal: Normalize a character string

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Normalize a character string

Description

The generic normalization that underpins functions like normal_city() and normal_address(). This function simply chains together three ⁠stringr::str_*()⁠ functions:

1. Convert to uppercase.

2. Replace punctuation with whitespaces.

3. Trim and squish excess whitespace.

Usage

str_normal(x, case = TRUE, punct = "", quote = TRUE, squish = TRUE)

Arguments

x	A character string to normalize.
case	logical; whether stringr::str_to_upper() should be called.
punct	character; A character string to replace most punctuation with.
quote	logical; whether stringr::str_replace_all() should be called on double quotes.
squish	logical; whether stringr::str_squish() should be called.

Value

A normalized vector of the same length.

See Also

Other geographic normalization functions: abbrev_full(), abbrev_state(), check_city(), expand_abbrev(), expand_state(), fetch_city(), normal_address(), normal_city(), normal_state(), normal_zip()

Examples

str_normal("   TestING 123   example_test.String   ")

campfin documentation built on Oct. 20, 2023, 5:06 p.m.