str_replace_nth: Replace nth occurring pattern in a string

In martinctc/textworks: All-in-one package for working with text data

Replace nth occurring pattern in a string

Description

A more refined replacement function than 'str_replace()' and 'str_replace_all()'

Usage

str_replace_nth(x, pattern, replacement, n)

Arguments

x	Pass string character
pattern	String containing characters to match
replacement	String containing characters to replace.
n	Nth term to be replaced

Examples

x <- "pineapplepie"
str_replace_nth(x = x, pattern = "p", replacement = "q", n = 2)

str_replace_nth(x = "pigpig", pattern = "pig", replacement = "dog", n = 2)

str_replace_nth(x = "pigpig", pattern = "pig", replacement = "gy", n = 2)

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