mtmisc: MT Miscellaneous Functions

#!/usr/bin/env Rscript
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# Title:        TODO: (add title)
# Filename:     simplifyText.R
# Description:  TODO: (write me)
# Version:      0.0.0.000
# Created:      2016-11-17 10:28:43
# Modified:     2016-11-17 10:29:02
# Author:       Mickael Temporão < mickael.temporao.1 at ulaval.ca >
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# Copyright (C) 2016 Mickael Temporão
# Licensed under the GPL-2 < https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt >
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simplifyText <- function(text) {
  text <- iconv(text, to="ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE")
  text <- gsub("['`^~\"]", "", text)
  text <- tolower(gsub( "\\.|/|\\-|\"|\\s" , "" , text))
  return(text)
}