replace_pattern: Replace pattern everywhere in a data.frame

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Replace pattern everywhere in a data.frame

Description

Replace pattern everywhere in a data.frame

Usage

replace_pattern(dataset, pattern, replacement, exact = FALSE)

Arguments

dataset	a data.frame
pattern	Pattern to look for.
replacement	A character of replacements.
exact	a boolean if TRUE the whole value need ton match

Value

a data.frame

Examples

dataset <- data.frame(
  col_a = as.factor(letters)[1:7],
  col_b = letters[1:7],
  col_c = 1:7,
  col_d = paste0(letters[1:7], letters[1:7]),
  stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)

# replace pattern
replace_pattern(dataset, "a", "XXX-")

# With exact matching
replace_pattern(dataset, "a", "XXX-", exact = TRUE)

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