delete_start_with {baker}

Deletes a pattern from the start of a string, or each of a vector of strings.

Description

delete_start_with is used for clean the column names in raw data. For example, R adds "X" at the start of variable names. This function deletes "X_"s from the column names. This can happen if the raw data have column names such as "⁠_CASE_ABX⁠". Check clean_perch_data() for its actual usage.

Usage

delete_start_with(s, vec)

Arguments

s

the pattern (a single string) to be deleted from the start.

vec

a vector of strings with unwanted starting strings (specified by s).

Value

string(s) with deleted patterns from the start.

Examples

delete_start_with("X_",c("X_hello"))
delete_start_with("X_",c("X_hello","hello2"))
delete_start_with("X_",c("X_hello","hello2","X_hello3"))