str_remove_non_alphanum: Remove non-alphanumeric characters from a string. Optionally...

In uva-bi-sdad/dc.utils: Data Commons Utility Functions

Remove non-alphanumeric characters from a string. Optionally remove spaces.

Description

Remove non-alphanumeric characters from a string. Optionally remove spaces.

Usage

str_remove_non_alphanum(string, keep_spaces = TRUE)

Arguments

string	A character string.
keep_spaces	Don't remove spaces.

Examples

remove_non_alphanum("222-44-6666")
[1] "222446666"
str_remove_non_alphanum("Devante Smith-Pelly", keep_spaces = F)
[1] "DevanteSmithPelly"

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