remove_last_n: Remove Last N Characters

In duncankmckinnon/OKdplyr: Zero Kelvin dplyr

Description

utility function to remove n characters from the end of a character string or strings. Extends functional tools available in stringr package for this common operation. Also allows for a set of characters (missing=” by default) to be specified to show that the string was over-truncated.

Usage

remove_last_n(str, n = 0, missing = "")

Arguments

str	the string or vector of strings to be truncated
n	the number of characters at the end to remove
missing	optional sequence to use if an entry is truncated away (default = ”)

Value

the string or strings, reduced by n characters

Examples

remove_last_n('a sequence #', 2)
remove_last_n(c('a couple+','of sequences+'), 1, '...')

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