frm_find_and_replace: Recursively find and replace symbols in a language object

In rbmi: Reference Based Multiple Imputation

Recursively find and replace symbols in a language object

Description

This function traverses a language object (such as an expression or call) and recursively replaces all occurrences of a specified symbol with another symbol.

Usage

frm_find_and_replace(expr, find_sym, replace_sym)

Arguments

expr	A language object (e.g., call, expression, or list of calls) to search and modify.
find_sym	A symbol (as a name) to find within expr.
replace_sym	A symbol (as a name) to replace find_sym with.

Details

Replacement happens for symbols found within calls (recursively). A expr that is itself a bare symbol equal to find_sym is returned unchanged; this is not reachable from the ancova() call site because the input is always a formula (a call).

Value

The modified language object with all instances of find_sym replaced by replace_sym.

Examples

## Not run: 
expr <- quote(a + b * c)
frm_find_and_replace(expr, as.name("b"), as.name("x"))
# Returns: a + x * c

## End(Not run)

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