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R: str_snake_case
str_snake_caseR Documentation

str_snake_case

Description

Function used to convert character vectors to snake case format.

Usage

str_snake_case(string, whitespace = getOption("lettercase.whitespace",
  "[^\w\s-\.]"))

Arguments

string

object to turn into a title case

whitespace

regular expression pattern to match for white-space

* characters are all lower case * non- w, s and - are dropped * w and - are converted to underscore * no support for acronyms * multiple adjacent undescores are replaced by single underscore * Underscores at beginning or end of names are dropped

Examples

str_snake_case( "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" )
  str_snake_case( "Catch-22" )  # catch_22
  str_snake_case( "Catch.22" )
  str_snake_case( "Catch_22" )
  str_snake_case( "Catch  22" )
  str_snake_case( " Catch 22 " )

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