str_replace_same_as_previous: Replace strings that duplicate the previous string

In tjmahr/printy: Helper functions for pretty-printing numbers

Replace strings that duplicate the previous string

Description

The common use of this function to clean up columns in a presentation-quality table.

Usage

str_replace_same_as_previous(string, replacement)

Arguments

string	a character vector
replacement	text to use as a replacement for duplicated values

Value

a single character vector with immediately repeating items replaced

Examples

str_replace_same_as_previous(
  c("a", "a", "a", "b", "b", "c", "d", "d"),
  ""
)

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