remove_weird_characters: 'remove_weird_characters' Removes certain characters from...

In 12mre1/geocodr: Batch Geocoding of CSV Files with Google Maps API

Description

remove_weird_characters Removes certain characters from entries in the address column.

Usage

remove_weird_characters(addresses)

Arguments

addresses

The dataframe column containing the addresses.

Details

Some characters, like '#', ”, or '.' can throw off Google's API when included in the http request, since they serve specific purposes in dividing the URL. To avoid error, this function removes those special characters.

Value

returns the input dataframe column with special characters replaced by whitespace

Examples

## Not run: 
remove_weird_characters(as.data.frame("720 Bathurst St #411, Toronto, ON M5S 2R4"))
remove_weird_characters(data['address'])

## End(Not run)

12mre1/geocodr documentation built on Oct. 30, 2019, 4:02 a.m.