replace_html {textclean}

Replace HTML Markup

Description

Replaces HTML markup. The angle braces are removed and the HTML symbol markup is replaced with equivalent symbols.

Usage

replace_html(x, symbol = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

x

The text variable.

symbol

logical. If codeTRUE the symbols are retained with appropriate replacements. If FALSE they are removed.

...

Ignored.

Details

Replacements for symbols are as follows:

html	symbol
©	(c)
®	(r)
™	tm
“	"
”	"
‘	'
’	'
•	-
·	-
⋅	[]
–	-
—	-
¢	cents
£	pounds
€	euro
≠	!=
½	half
¼	quarter
¾	three fourths
°	degrees
&larr;	<-
&rarr;	->
&hellip;	...
&nbsp;
&lt;	<
&gt;	>
&amp;	&
&quot;	"
&apos;	'
&yen;	yen

Value

Returns a vector with HTML markup replaced.

Examples

x <- c(
    "<bold>Random</bold> text with symbols: &nbsp; &lt; &gt; &amp; &quot; &apos;",
    "<p>More text</p> &cent; &pound; &yen; &euro; &copy; &reg;"
)

replace_html(x)
replace_html(x, FALSE)
replace_white(replace_html(x, FALSE))