build_clean_settings: Building settings for string cleaning

In fedmatch: Fast, Flexible, and User-Friendly Record Linkage Methods

Description

build_clean_settings is a convenient way to make the proper list for the clean_settings argument of tier_match.

Usage

build_clean_settings(
  sp_char_words = fedmatch::sp_char_words,
  common_words = NULL,
  remove_char = NULL,
  remove_words = FALSE,
  stem = FALSE
)

Arguments

sp_char_words	character vector. Data.frame where first column is special characters and second column is full words. The default is
common_words	data.frame. Data.frame where first column is abbreviations and second column is full words.
remove_char	character vector. string of specific characters (for example, "letters") to be removed
remove_words	logical. If TRUE, removes all abbreviations and replacement words in common_words
stem	logical. If TRUE, words are stemmed

Value

list with settings to pass to clean_strings

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