replace_number: Replace Numbers With Text Representation

In trinker/qdap2: Bridging the gap between qualitative data and quantitative analysis

Description

Replaces numeric represented numbers with words (e.g. 1001 becomes one thousand one).

Usage

  replace_number(text.var, num.paste = "separate")

Arguments

text.var	The text variable.
num.paste	A character vector of either "separate" or "combine". Of "separate" is specified the elements of larger numbers are separated with spaces. If "combine" is selected the elements will be joined without spaces.

Value

Returns a vector with abbreviations replaced.

References

Fox, J. (2005). Programmer's niche: How do you spell that number? R News. Vol. 5(1), pp. 51-55.

See Also

bracketX, qprep, replace_abbreviation, replace_contraction, replace_symbol

Examples

x <- c("I like 346,457 ice cream cones.", "They are 99 percent good")
y <- c("I like 346457 ice cream cones.", "They are 99 percent good")
replace_number(x)
replace_number(y)
replace_number(x, "combine")

trinker/qdap2 documentation built on May 31, 2019, 9:47 p.m.