I have a problem with the str_replace() function in the stringr package.
Please refer to my reprex below.
I start with a vector of strings, called x. Some of the strings contain
apostrophes and brackets. I make a simple replacement as with x1, and
there is no problem. I make another simple replacement, x2, where the
pattern string has an apostrophe. Again no problem. Then I make a third
replacement, x3, where the pattern has opening and closing brackets and
the function still works fine. Finally I make a replacement where the
pattern has both an apostrophe and opening and closing brackets and the
replacement does not work. I tried to solve this by putting backslashes
before the apostrophe and/or the brackets, but that accomplished
nothing. I am stumped.
# Reprex for str_replace problem
library(stringr)
x <- c(
"Clothing and footwear",
"Women's clothing",
"Women's footwear (excluding athletic)",
"Clothing accessories (belts and so on)",
"Clothing and footwear",
"Women's clothing",
"Women's footwear (excluding athletic)",
"Clothing accessories (belts and so on)"
)
x
x1 <- str_replace(x,
"Clothing and footwear",
"Clothing and shoes"
)
x1
x2 <- str_replace(x,
"Women's clothing",
"Women's clothing goods"
)
x2
x3 <- str_replace(x,
"Clothing accessories (belts and so on)",
"Clothing accessories")
x3
x4 <- str_replace(x,
"Women's footwear (excluding athletic)",
"Women's footwear")
x4
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