Replace Symbols With Word Equivalents

Usage

replace_symbol(text.var, dollar = TRUE, percent = TRUE, pound = TRUE, at = TRUE, and = TRUE, with = TRUE)

Arguments

text.var
The text variable.
dollar
logical. If TRUE replaces dollar sign ($) with "dollar".
percent
logical. If TRUE replaces percent sign (%) with "percent".
pound
logical. If TRUE replaces pound sign (#) with "number".
at
logical. If TRUE replaces at sign (@) with "at".
and
logical. If TRUE replaces and sign (&) with "and".
with
logical. If TRUE replaces with sign (w/) with "with".

Replace Symbols With Word Equivalents

Value

Returns a character vector with symbols replaced..

Description

This function replaces symbols with word equivalents (e.g., @ becomes "at".

Examples

## <strong>Not run</strong>: # x <- c("I am @ Jon's & Jim's w/ Marry", # "I owe $41 for food", # "two is 10% of a #") # replace_symbol(x) # ## <strong>End(Not run)</strong>

See also

bracketX, qprep, replace_abbreviation, replace_contraction, replace_number,