termhas: Select terms which contain a particular string

In CALIBERcodelists: Generate ICD10, Read and OPCS codelists

Description

Returns a selection object with terms matching the regular expression pattern.

Usage

termhas(regexpr, exact = FALSE, ignorecase = TRUE)

Arguments

regexpr	a single search pattern or vector of patterns, which can use POSIX regular expressions. If it is a vector of search patterns the results are combined using OR.
exact	whether to search for an exact term instead of using regular expression matching.
ignorecase	whether to use case sensitive matching; the default is to ignore case.

Value

a selection object.

See Also

assigncat, codematch, dictis, medcodeis, explode, setdictionary

Examples

setdictionary('opcs')
termhas('bronchoscop')
termhas('stab.*angina')

CALIBERcodelists documentation built on Feb. 28, 2020, 3:01 a.m.