replaceStr: Replace Substring in a Given String

In Epiconcept-Paris/STRAP-epiuf: Epiconcept Team Utility Functions for STRAP Project

Replace Substring in a Given String

Description

This function replaces occurrences of a given substring (pattern) in a text (intext) with a new substring (replacement). You can also specify if you want to replace only whole words and whether to ignore case.

Usage

replaceStr(pattern, replacement, intext, word = FALSE, ignore.case = TRUE)

Arguments

pattern	The substring that you want to replace.
replacement	The new substring that will replace pattern.
intext	The input text where you want to replace the substring.
word	Logical, if TRUE only whole words will be replaced.
ignore.case	Logical, if TRUE the function ignores case.

Value

A string with the replaced substrings.

Examples

replaceStr( "world", "everyone","Hello world")
replaceStr("WORLD", "everyone","Hello world",  ignore.case = TRUE)
replaceStr( "world", "everyone","Hello world", word = TRUE)

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