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str_detect and replace examples in r

Filanör answered on October 19, 2022 Popularity 2/10 Helpfulness 1/10

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str_detect and replace examples in r

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fruits <- c("one apple", "two pears", "three bananas")
str_replace(fruits, "[aeiou]", "-")
#> [1] "-ne apple"     "tw- pears"     "thr-e bananas"
str_replace_all(fruits, "[aeiou]", "-")
#> [1] "-n- -ppl-"     "tw- p--rs"     "thr-- b-n-n-s"
str_replace_all(fruits, "[aeiou]", toupper)
#> [1] "OnE ApplE"     "twO pEArs"     "thrEE bAnAnAs"
str_replace_all(fruits, "b", NA_character_)
#> [1] "one apple" "two pears" NA         

str_replace(fruits, "([aeiou])", "")
#> [1] "ne apple"     "tw pears"     "thre bananas"
str_replace(fruits, "([aeiou])", "\\1\\1")
#> [1] "oone apple"     "twoo pears"     "threee bananas"
str_replace(fruits, "[aeiou]", c("1", "2", "3"))
#> [1] "1ne apple"     "tw2 pears"     "thr3e bananas"
str_replace(fruits, c("a", "e", "i"), "-")
#> [1] "one -pple"     "two p-ars"     "three bananas"

# If you want to apply multiple patterns and replacements to the same
# string, pass a named vector to pattern.
fruits %>%
  str_c(collapse = "---") %>%
  str_replace_all(c("one" = "1", "two" = "2", "three" = "3"))
#> [1] "1 apple---2 pears---3 bananas"

# Use a function for more sophisticated replacement. This example
# replaces colour names with their hex values.
colours <- str_c("\\b", colors(), "\\b", collapse="|")
col2hex <- function(col) {
  rgb <- col2rgb(col)
  rgb(rgb["red", ], rgb["green", ], rgb["blue", ], max = 255)
}

x <- c(
  "Roses are red, violets are blue",
  "My favourite colour is green"
)
str_replace_all(x, colours, col2hex)
#> [1] "Roses are #FF0000, violets are #0000FF"
#> [2] "My favourite colour is #00FF00"

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