Replacing matches in strings

String Manipulation with stringr in R

Charlotte Wickham

Assistant Professor at Oregon State University

str_replace()

str_replace("Tom & Jerry", 
            pattern = "&", 
            replacement = "and")

"Tom and Jerry"

str_replace("Alvin & Simon & Theodore", 
            pattern = "&", 
            replacement = "and")

"Alvin and Simon & Theodore"

str_replace_all("Alvin & Simon & Theodore", 
                pattern = "&", 
                replacement = "and")

"Alvin and Simon and Theodore"

str_replace() with vectors

chars <- c("Tom & Jerry", 
           "Alvin & Simon & Theodore")

str_replace_all(chars, 
                pattern = "&", 
                replacement = "and")

"Tom and Jerry" "Alvin and Simon and Theodore"

Let's practice!

String Manipulation with stringr in R