grapes-contains_word-grapes: check whether a character string contains another as a word
In rubenarslan/formr: formr survey framework accompanying R package

%contains_word%

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check whether a character string contains another as a word

Description

Looks for a string appearing on its own. This is needed e.g. when checking whether the replies to a mmc item, stored as a comma-separated list from 1 to 12 contain option 1 - you wouldn't want to get a hit for 11 and 12. Only works for search terms containing alphanumeric characters. Just a simple shorthand so that inexperienced R users don't have to use somewhat complex functions such as grepl() and stringr::str_detect().

Usage

haystack %contains_word% needle

Arguments

`haystack`	string in which you search
`needle`	string to search for

Examples

"1, 3, 4" %contains_word% "1" # TRUE
"1, 3, 4" %contains_word% 1 # TRUE unlike str_detect casts all needles as characters
"12, 14, 17" %contains_word% "1" # FALSE even though 12 contains 1

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