R: Replace Contractions

replace_contraction {textclean} | R Documentation

## Replace Contractions

### Description

This function replaces contractions with long form.

### Usage

    replace_contraction(x, contraction.key = lexicon::key_contractions,
      ignore.case = TRUE, ...)

### Arguments

`x` | The text variable.
`contraction.key` | A two column hash of contractions (column 1) and expanded form replacements (column 2). Default is to use `key_contractions` data set.
`ignore.case` | logical. Should case be ignored?
`...` | ignored.

### Value

Returns a vector with contractions replaced.

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    x <- c("Mr. Jones isn't going.",
        "Check it out what's going on.",
        "He's here but didn't go.",
        "the robot at t.s. wasn't nice",
        "he'd like it if i'd go away")

    replace_contraction(x)

    ## End(Not run)

[Package textclean version 0.9.3 Index]