string_strip: Strip non-letter characters from the beginning and end of a...
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string_strip

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Strip non-letter characters from the beginning and end of a string

Description

Remove any non-letter characters from the beginning and end of a character string.

Usage

string_strip(
  string,
  rm_period = FALSE,
  keep = NULL,
  side = c("both", "left", "right")
)

Arguments

`string`	A character vector.
`rm_period`	Should ending periods be removed?
`keep`	A single character vector of character(s) to keep. Only retains characters that directly precede the first and follow the last letter.
`side`	Side of the character string to trim. One of `c("both", "right", "left")`.

Value

A character vector.

Examples

string_strip("1. La Lionne et l'Ourse._ ")
string_strip("1. La Lionne et l'Ourse._ ", side = "right")
string_strip("1. (La Lionne et l'Ourse)_ ", keep = "()")

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