fill_in: Fill In Templates

In textutils: Utilities for Handling Strings and Text

Fill In Templates

Description

Light-weight template filling: replace placeholders in a string by values.

Usage

fill_in(s, ..., delim = c("{", "}"), replace.NA = TRUE)

Arguments

s	character
...	typically name/value pairs. See Examples.
delim	characters
replace.NA	logical: if TRUE, NA values are replaced by the string "NA". May also be a string. See Examples.

Details

A light-weight replacement function.

Value

character

Author(s)

Enrico Schumann

Examples

template <- "{1} meets {2}"
fill_in(template, "Peter", "Paul")  ## "Peter meets Paul"

template <- "{one} meets {other}"
fill_in(template, one = "Peter", other = "Paul")  ## "Peter meets Paul"


## handling missing values
fill_in("{name}: {score}", name = "Peter", score = NA)
## [1] "Peter: NA"

fill_in("{name}: {score}", name = "Peter", score = NA, replace.NA = ".")
## [1] "Peter: ."

textutils documentation built on May 29, 2024, 10:37 a.m.