The string (or character) data type typically requires more manipulation
to be helpful for data analysts. Thus, there is a need for a robust
package that is up to the task. forstringr is a new package built on
top of ‘stringr’ to execute various string manipulations in R
programming. The main aim of ‘forstringr’ is to simplify string
manipulation for R beginners. This package combines its power with the
adaptability of other manipulation tools such as tidyr and dplyr. Like
in the stringr package, most functions in forstringr begin with
str_. For a quick video tutorial, I gave a talk at the Africa R users
meetup, which you can find here.
You can install the forstringr package from
CRAN with:
install.packages("forstringr")or the development version from GitHub with
if(!require("devtools")){
install.packages("devtools")
}
devtools::install_github("gbganalyst/forstringr")Now that you have installed forstringr package, you can simply load it
by using:
library(forstringr)To get started with forstringr, read the
doc.