utils_gsub_if_found: Conditionally amend character string vector.

In podcleaner: Legacy Scottish Post Office Directories Cleaner

Description

Searches for specified pattern in provided character string vector. If found, substitutes all occurrences of an alternative pattern in an alternative character string and returns the output. If not return the default character string provided.

Usage

utils_gsub_if_found(
  regex_filter,
  string_filter,
  regex_search,
  string_replace,
  string_search,
  default,
  ignore_case_filter,
  ignore_case_search
)

Arguments

regex_filter	Pattern to look for provided as a character string regex.
string_filter	Character string vector to search into for the pattern provided in regex_filter above.
regex_search	Alternative pattern provided as a character string regex to look in the alternative character string provided in string_search below.
string_replace	Substitution character string for matches of regex_search above in string_search below.
string_search	Alternative character string to search into for the pattern provided in regex_search above.
default	Character string returned if pattern provided in regex_filter not found.
ignore_case_filter	Boolean specifying whether case should be ignored (TRUE) or not (FALSE) in search for regex_filter in string_filter.
ignore_case_search	Boolean specifying whether case should be ignored (TRUE) or not (FALSE) in search for regex_search in string_search.

Value

A character string vector.

Examples

## Not run: 
  utils_gsub_if_found(
    "^glasgow", c("glasgow-entrepreneurs", "aberdeen-entrepreneurs"),
    "(?<=-).+$", "merchant", "edinburgh-entrepreneurs", "pattern not found",
    TRUE, TRUE
  )

## End(Not run)

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