Instring Function in R

Question

Hi all,

Close to finishing up my first project entirely in R, but I am stuck. I don't really have a good grasp of regex, but usually can accomplish my tasks with substring, instring, len, or comparable functions.

I have two questions. Where can I find a list of string functions in R, and 2nd, does R have an instring type function?

Many thanks in advance!

Brock

Answer 1

This might point you in the right direction:

help.search(keyword = "character", package = "base")

Answer 2

I think this reference anwswers both questions.

HTH!

Answer 3

You might like working with the stringr package, which gives a consistent interface to the R string functions. It has functions like str_detect() and str_locate() which may address your instring needs.