translateStrings

translateStrings - Translate a vector of strings

Description¶

translateStrings modifies a character vector by substituting one or more strings with a replacement string.

Usage¶

translateStrings(strings, translation)

Arguments¶

strings: vector of character strings to modify.
translation: named character vector or a list of character vectors specifying the strings to replace (values) and their replacements (names).

Value¶

A modified strings vector.

Details¶

Does not perform partial replacements. Each translation value must match a complete strings value or it will not be replaced. Values that do not have a replacement named in the translation parameter will not be modified.

Replacement is accomplished using gsub.

Examples¶

# Using a vector translation
strings <- LETTERS[1:5]
translation <- c("POSITION1"="A", "POSITION5"="E")
translateStrings(strings, translation)

[1] "POSITION1" "B"         "C"         "D"         "POSITION5"


# Using a list translation
strings <- LETTERS[1:5]
translation <- list("1-3"=c("A","B","C"), "4-5"=c("D","E"))
translateStrings(strings, translation)

[1] "1-3" "1-3" "1-3" "4-5" "4-5"