str_escape: Escape dot(.) in a string

In decisionpatterns/stringr.tools: Useful Extensions to the Popular 'stringr' Package

Description

Replaces . with \. in strings.

Usage

str_escape(string, x, escape = "\\")

str_escape_dot(string, x = ".", escape = "\\")

Arguments

string	string
x	string to be escaped, usually a single character.

Details

str_escape escapes all instances of x in a string by \. This is handy when working with regular expressions, file descriptors, etc. where certain characters have special meaning. By escaping, the character will match litereally instead of using their special meanings.

str_escape_dot wraps str_escape using x='.' and escape='\\'

Examples

  str_escape( "path/to/file", "/" )
  str_escape( "path/to/file", "/", "\\" )

  str_escape_dot("hello.world")   # "hello\\.world"
  str_escape_dot("foo.bar.baz")   # "foo\\.bar\\.baz"

decisionpatterns/stringr.tools documentation built on Nov. 4, 2019, 10:24 a.m.