get_multi_barreled_surnames: Gets multi-barreled surnames from a voter file.

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Gets multi-barreled surnames from a voter file.

Description

A multi-barreled surname is one containing a dash or a space. This function finds all multi-barreled surnames in a voter file.

Usage

get_multi_barreled_surnames(
  voter_file,
  surname_col = "last_name",
  regex = "[ -]+"
)

Arguments

voter_file	The voter file, with each row consisting of a voter.
surname_col	A string denoting the surname column.
regex	A string denoting the regular expression to use for denoting the the special characters.

Value

A dataframe of voters whose surnames are multi-barreled.

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