utils_regmatches_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, searches for alternative pattern in an alternative character string and returns any match or an empty string if none. If original pattern not found, returns the default character string provided.

Usage

utils_regmatches_if_found(
  string_filter,
  regex_filter,
  string_search,
  regex_search,
  default,
  ignore_case_filter,
  ignore_case_match,
  not
)

Arguments

string_filter	Character string vector to search into for the pattern provided in regex_filter above.
regex_filter	Pattern to look for provided as a character string regex.
string_search	Alternative character string to search into for the pattern provided in regex_search above.
regex_search	Alternative pattern provided as a character string regex to look for in the alternative character string provided in string_search below.
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_match	Boolean specifying whether case should be ignored (TRUE) or not (FALSE) in search for regex_search in string_search.
not	Boolean specifying whether to negate the regex_filter search pattern (TRUE) or not (FALSE).

Value

A character string vector.

Examples

## Not run: 
  utils_regmatches_if_found(
    c("glasgow-entrepreneurs", "aberdeen-entrepreneurs"), "^glasgow",
    "edinburgh-entrepreneurs", "^.+(?=-)", "merchant", TRUE, TRUE, FALSE
  )

## End(Not run)

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