str_clean: Remove punctuation and/or accent from a string

In vbfelix/relper: Miscellaneous Functions for Data Preparation, Cleaning, and Visualization

Remove punctuation and/or accent from a string

Description

Remove punctuation and/or accent from a string.

Usage

str_clean(string, remove_accent = TRUE, remove_punct = TRUE, sub_punct = "")

Arguments

string	A character vector
remove_accent	A boolean value, if TRUE the function will remove accent symbols from the string (default = TRUE)
remove_punct	A boolean value, if TRUE the function will remove punctuation symbols from the string (default = TRUE)
sub_punct	A character single value (default = ”), that will be replacement for the punctuation symbols

Value

A character vector.

Examples

string <- "a..;éâ...íõ"

#remove only punctuation
str_clean(string,remove_accent = FALSE,remove_punct = TRUE)

#remove only accent
str_clean(string,remove_accent = TRUE,remove_punct = FALSE)

#remove both
str_clean(string)

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