replace_symbol: Replace Symbols With Word Equivalents

In qdap: Bridging the Gap Between Qualitative Data and Quantitative Analysis

Replace Symbols With Word Equivalents

Description

This function replaces symbols with word equivalents (e.g., @ becomes "at".

Usage

replace_symbol(
  text.var,
  dollar = TRUE,
  percent = TRUE,
  pound = TRUE,
  at = TRUE,
  and = TRUE,
  with = TRUE
)

Arguments

text.var	The text variable.
dollar	logical. If TRUE replaces dollar sign ($) with "dollar".
percent	logical. If TRUE replaces percent sign (%) with "percent".
pound	logical. If TRUE replaces pound sign (#) with "number".
at	logical. If TRUE replaces at sign (@) with "at".
and	logical. If TRUE replaces and sign (&) with "and".
with	logical. If TRUE replaces with sign (w/) with "with".

Value

Returns a character vector with symbols replaced..

See Also

bracketX, qprep, replace_abbreviation, replace_contraction, replace_number,

Examples

## Not run: 
x <- c("I am @ Jon's & Jim's w/ Marry", 
    "I owe $41 for food", 
    "two is 10% of a #")
replace_symbol(x)

## End(Not run)

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