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replace_symbol

Replace Symbols With Word Equivalents

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

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

`x`	A character vector.
`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"`.
`...`	ignored.

Returns a character vector with symbols replaced..

x <- c("I am @ Jon's & Jim's w/ Marry", 
    "I owe $41 for food", 
    "two is 10% of a #"
)
replace_symbol(x)

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v0.9.3

GPL-2

Authors

Tyler Rinker [aut, cre], ctwheels StackOverflow [ctb]

Initial release