utils_regmatches_if_found {podcleaner}

Conditionally amend character string vector.

Description

Searches for specified pattern in provided character string vector. If found, searches for alternative pattern in an alternative character string and returns any match or an empty string if none. If original pattern not found, returns the default character string provided.

Usage

utils_regmatches_if_found(
  string_filter,
  regex_filter,
  string_search,
  regex_search,
  default,
  ignore_case_filter,
  ignore_case_match,
  not
)

Arguments

string_filter

Character string vector to search into for the pattern provided in regex_filter above.

regex_filter

Pattern to look for provided as a character string regex.

string_search

Alternative character string to search into for the pattern provided in regex_search above.

regex_search

Alternative pattern provided as a character string regex to look for in the alternative character string provided in string_search below.

default

Character string returned if pattern provided in regex_filter not found.

ignore_case_filter

Boolean specifying whether case should be ignored (TRUE) or not (FALSE) in search for regex_filter in string_filter.

ignore_case_match

Boolean specifying whether case should be ignored (TRUE) or not (FALSE) in search for regex_search in string_search.

not

Boolean specifying whether to negate the regex_filter search pattern (TRUE) or not (FALSE).

Value

A character string vector.

Examples

## Not run: 
  utils_regmatches_if_found(
    c("glasgow-entrepreneurs", "aberdeen-entrepreneurs"), "^glasgow",
    "edinburgh-entrepreneurs", "^.+(?=-)", "merchant", TRUE, TRUE, FALSE
  )

## End(Not run)