search_DOB: Searches vector for dates.

In DevikaNair90/prybar: Toolkit for Identifying Hidden PII in Text Data

Description

This function takes a vector input and searches presence of any text that appears to be a date.

Usage

search_DOB(vec, output)

Arguments

vec	A vector input whose contents need to be searched for references to dates (eg. date of birth)
output	The desired output of function. Defaults to "vector" where T/F vector result is returned. The argument "dt" will output a table of original vector input, T/F vector result, and the matching substring.

Details

The default output is a TRUE/FALSE vector but the function can also return a dataframe of the original vector input, the TRUE/FALSE result, and the substring that matched a date pattern.

Examples

set.seed(2)
testcase <- data.frame(name = generator::r_full_names(2),  
snn = generator::r_national_identification_numbers(2), 
dob = generator::r_date_of_births(2), 
email = generator::r_email_addresses(2), 
ip = generator::r_ipv4_addresses(2), 
phone = generator::r_phone_numbers(2),  
credit_card = generator::r_credit_card_numbers(2), 
lat = generator::r_latitudes(2), 
lon = generator::r_longitudes(2), 
stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

search_DOB(testcase$dob)

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