set.split_hyphenated: Split hyphenated strings in column into two columns

In dads2busy/dataplumbr: Helpful Data Plumbing/Engineering Functions

Description

Split hyphenated strings in column into two columns

Usage

set.split_hyphenated(df, name_field, return_type = "dt")

Arguments

df	data.frame or data.table.
name_field	name of column containing hyphenated values.
return_type.	Optional. Return data.table "dt" or data.frame "df". Default "dt".

Examples

df <- data.frame(first_name = c("Devante"), last_name = c("Smith-Pelly"))
dt <- set.split_hyphenated(df, "last_name")
dt
   first_name last_name last_name_left last_name_right
1:    Devante     Smith          Smith           Pelly

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