replace_regex: Replace elements matching a regular expression with...

In seaaan/easieR: Functions to make R easier

Description

Replace elements matching a regular expression with replacement.

Usage

replace_regex(vector, regex, replacement, warn = TRUE)

Arguments

vector	Vector to replace matches in.
regex	A regular expression (must be a single element).
replacement	Value to replace matches with (must be a single element).
warn	Logical indicating whether to issue a warning message if no element is replaced.

Value

Vector with all elements matching regex replaced by replacement.

Note that factors will be releveled with the replacement values and levels no longer present in the factor may be lost.

Examples

replace_regex(c("Farmworker", "Programmer", "Farmhand", "Pole vaulter",
      "Farmer", "Dancer"), regex = "^Farm.", replacement = "Farmer")

seaaan/easieR documentation built on May 29, 2019, 4:23 p.m.