clean_name: The clean_name() function scrubs out common artifacts in a...

Usage Arguments Value Examples

Usage

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clean_name(name_unique)

Arguments

name_unique

a character vector containing a set of names to be parsed

Value

a character vector that has symbols removed from the supplied input 'name_unique'

Examples

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# not run
# library(dplyr)
# name_all = c('joseph','joe','jo ',' joesephine','joseph','jo')
# name_all %>% clean_name()
#
# name_all_unique = name_all %>% clean_name() %>% unique %>% sort
#
# name_all_unique %>%
#   # other spot check manual gsubs
#   gsub(.,pattern='n/a',replace='') %>%
#   gsub(.,pattern='N/A',replace='') %>%
#   gsub(.,pattern="can't answer.*",replace='') %>%
#   gsub(.,pattern='dk',replace='') %>%
#   gsub(.,pattern='^x$',replace='')

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