makeFilenames: [!+] Convert string into Windows compatible filename

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[!+] Convert string into Windows compatible filename

Description

This is a function (make.filenames) from https://github.com/GegznaV/spMisc repository. This function replaces special symbols (\" / : * ? < > |) in a string s with replacement (by default it is underscore _). After replacement the string can be used as a file name in Windows.

Usage

makeFilenames(s, replacement = "_", allow.space = TRUE)

Arguments

s	A string.
replacement	A symbol to replce unallowed symbols with. replacement must be an allowed symbol.
allow.space	Logical. If FALSE, space will be repalaced with replacement. Default is TRUE.

Value

A string without special symbols.

Examples

 s <- '\\ / : * ? " < > |'
 makeFilenames(s)
 #> "_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _"

 makeFilenames(s, allow.space = FALSE)
 #> "_________________"


 s2 <- "/Hello?"
 makeFilenames(s2)
 #> "_Hello_"

 makeFilenames(s2, replacement = "-")
 #> "-Hello-"

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