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RVerbalExpressions (version 0.0.0.9000)

word: Match a word.

Description

Match a word<U+2014>a string of word characters (a<U+2013>z, A<U+2013>Z, 0<U+2013>9 or _). This function is looks for tabs with the following expression: \w+

Usage

word(.data = NULL)

Arguments

.data

Expression to append, typically pulled from the pipe %>%

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
word()

# create an expression
x <- word()

# create inputs
string1 <- "foo_bar"
string2 <- "foo-bar"

# extract matches
regmatches(string1, regexpr(x, string1))
regmatches(string2, regexpr(x, string2)) # doesn't match -
# }

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