xCitations: Extract Citations from Text
In JVAdams/jvamisc: A Collection of Utility Functions
Description
Usage
Arguments
Details
Value
References
Examples
Description
Extract citations from text by searching for parenthetical phrases with
capital words (names) and 4-digit numbers (years)
Usage
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xCitations(file = NULL, txt = NULL)
Arguments
file
Character scalar indicating the name of the text file. Default value of
NULL allows for text to be read in directly using the txt argument.
txt
Character scalar containing the text containing citations. Default value
of NULL expects text to be read in from a file using the file
argument.
Details
Citations in which the author is mentioned directly in the text and
only the year is in parentheses are not captured with this function.
Value
A character vector of unique citations in alphabetical order.
References
Based on code posted by Kay Cichini on 26 Mar 2012 on theBioBucket
[link].
Examples
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x <- paste("Yarmouth (1977) said something.",
"Evidence of x (Barber and Jones 1991),",
"y (House et al. 1982),",
"and z (Smith 1990; Folger and Penn 2000).")
xCitations(txt=x)
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Description Usage Arguments Details Value References Examples
Description
Extract citations from text by searching for parenthetical phrases with capital words (names) and 4-digit numbers (years)
Usage
1 | xCitations(file = NULL, txt = NULL)
|
Arguments
file |
Character scalar indicating the name of the text file. Default value of
NULL allows for text to be read in directly using the |
txt |
Character scalar containing the text containing citations. Default value
of NULL expects text to be read in from a file using the |
Details
Citations in which the author is mentioned directly in the text and only the year is in parentheses are not captured with this function.
Value
A character vector of unique citations in alphabetical order.
References
Based on code posted by Kay Cichini on 26 Mar 2012 on theBioBucket [link].
Examples
1 2 3 4 5 | x <- paste("Yarmouth (1977) said something.",
"Evidence of x (Barber and Jones 1991),",
"y (House et al. 1982),",
"and z (Smith 1990; Folger and Penn 2000).")
xCitations(txt=x)
|
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