mgsub: Safe, multiple gsub

In mgsub: Safe, Multiple, Simultaneous String Substitution

Description

mgsub - A safe, simultaneous, multiple global string replacement wrapper that allows access to multiple methods of specifying matches and replacements.

Usage

mgsub(string, pattern, replacement, recycle = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

string	a character vector where replacements are sought
pattern	Character string to be matched in the given character vector
replacement	Character string equal in length to pattern or of length one which are a replacement for matched pattern.
recycle	logical. should replacement be recycled if lengths differ?
...	arguments to pass to regexpr / sub

Value

Converted string.

Examples

mgsub("hey, ho", pattern = c("hey", "ho"), replacement = c("ho", "hey"))
mgsub("developer", pattern = c("e", "p"), replacement = c("p", "e"))
mgsub("The chemical Dopaziamine is fake",
      pattern = c("dopa(.*?) ", "fake"),
      replacement = c("mega\\1 ", "real"),
      ignore.case = TRUE)

Example output

[1] "ho, hey"
[1] "dpvploepr"
[1] "The chemical megaziamine is real"

mgsub documentation built on July 29, 2021, 1:06 a.m.