split_columns: Split columns on basis of a string and duplicate entries

In manuelbickel/textility: Utility functions for text mining

Split columns on basis of a string and duplicate entries

Description

Based on stringi::stri_split_fixed() column names are split on basis of a split pattern into new columns. The content of the original column is duplicated in all split columns.

Usage

split_columns(x, pattern)

Arguments

x	A data.frame or data.table.
pattern	The pattern to split the columns (will not be included in the new column names).

Value

Dependding on the input class, a data.frame or data.table with the additional columns.

Examples

df <- data.frame(split_here = 11:13, and_here = letters[11:13],  and_again_here = 14:16)
split_columns(df, "_")
#   split here and here and again here
# 1    11   11   k    k  14    14   14
# 2    12   12   l    l  15    15   15
# 3    13   13   m    m  16    16   16

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