qdap 2.2.0

Check Text For Potential Problems

Usage

check_text(text.var, file = NULL)

Arguments

text.var
The text variable.
file
A connection, or a character string naming the file to print to. If NULL prints to the console. Note that this is assigned as an attribute and passed to print.

Check Text For Potential Problems

Value

Returns a list with the following potential text faults reports:

  • non_character- Text that is non-character.
  • missing_ending_punctuation- Text with no endmark at the end of the string.
  • empty- Text that contains an empty element (i.e., "").
  • double_punctuation- Text that contains two qdap punctuation marks in the same string.
  • non_space_after_comma- Text that contains commas with no space after them.
  • no_alpha- Text that contains string elements with no alphabetic characters.
  • non_ascii- Text that contains non-ASCII characters.
  • missing_value- Text that contains missing values (i.e., NA).
  • containing_escaped- Text that contains escaped (see ?Quotes).
  • containing_digits- Text that contains digits.
  • indicating_incomplete- Text that contains endmarks that are indicative of incomplete/trailing sentences (e.g., ...).
  • potentially_misspelled- Text that contains potentially misspelled words.

Description

Uncleaned text may result in errors, warnings, and incorrect results in subsequent analysis. check_text checks text for potential problems and suggests possible fixes. Potential text anomalies that are detected include: factors, missing ending punctuation, empty cells, double punctuation, non-space after comma, no alphabetic characters, non-ascii, missing value, and potentially misspelled words.

Note

The output is a list but prints as a pretty formatted output with potential problem elements, the accompanying text, and possible suggestions to fix the text.

Examples

## <strong>Not run</strong>: 
# x <- c("i like", "i want. thet them .", "I am ! that|", "", NA,
#     "they,were there", ".", "   ", "?", "3;", "I like goud eggs!",
#     "i 4like...", "\\tgreat",  "She said \"yes\"")
# check_text(x)
# print(check_text(x), include.text=FALSE)
# 
# y <- c("A valid sentence.", "yet another!")
# check_text(y)
# ## <strong>End(Not run)</strong>

See also

check_spelling_interactive