R: Vectorised String Replacement

vgsub {rapportools} | R Documentation

## Vectorised String Replacement

### Description

A simple wrapper for `gsub` that replaces all patterns from `pattern` argument with ones in `replacement` over vector provided in argument `x`.

### Usage

    vgsub(pattern, replacement, x, ...)

### Arguments

`pattern` | see eponymous argument for `gsub` function
`replacement` | see eponymous argument for `gsub` function
`x` | see eponymous argument for `gsub` function
`...` | additional arguments for `gsub` function

### Value

a character vector with string replacements

### References

See original thread for more details http://stackoverflow.com/a/6954308/457898. Special thanks to user Jean-Robert for this one!

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