Remove/Replace/Extract Repeating Phrases

Usage

rm_repeated_phrases(text.var, trim = !extract, clean = TRUE, pattern = "@rm_repeated_phrases", replacement = "", extract = FALSE, dictionary = getOption("regex.library"), ...)

Arguments

text.var
The text variable.
trim
logical. If TRUE removes leading and trailing white spaces.
clean
trim logical. If TRUE extra white spaces and escaped character will be removed.
pattern
A character string containing a regular expression (or character string for fixed = TRUE) to be matched in the given character vector. Default, @rm_repeated_phrases uses the rm_repeated_phrases regex from the regular expression dictionary from the dictionary argument.
replacement
Replacement for matched pattern.
extract
logical. If TRUE the repeated phrases are extracted into a list of vectors.
dictionary
A dictionary of canned regular expressions to search within if pattern begins with "@rm_".
...
Other arguments passed to gsub.

Value

Returns a character string with percentages removed.

Description

Remove/replace/extract repeating phrases from a string.

Examples

x <- c( "this is a big is a Big deal", "I want want to see", "I want, want to see", "I want...want to see see see how", "I like it. It is cool", "this is a big is a Big deal for those of, those of you who are." ) rm_repeated_phrases(x)
[1] "this deal" "I to see" "I to see" "I to how" [5] "I like it. It is cool" "this deal for you who are."
rm_repeated_phrases(x, extract=TRUE)
[[1]] [1] "is a big is a Big" [[2]] [1] "want want" [[3]] [1] "want, want" [[4]] [1] "want...want" "see see see" [[5]] [1] NA [[6]] [1] "is a big is a Big" "those of, those of"