str_trim_anything

The <code>stringi</code> and <code>stringr</code> packages let you trim whitespace, but
what if you want to trim something else from either (or both) side(s) of a
string? This function lets you select which pattern to trim and from which
side(s).

There are some things that I wish were easier with the
'stringr' or 'stringi' packages. The foremost of these is the
extraction of numbers from strings. 'stringr' and 'stringi' make you
figure out the regular expression for yourself; 'strex' takes care of
this for you. There are many other handy functionalities in 'strex'.
Contributions to this package are encouraged; it is intended as a
miscellany of string manipulation functions that cannot be found in
'stringi' or 'stringr'.

Rory Nolan

strex

Extra String Manipulation Functions

str_trim_anything function

<dl><dt>string</dt>
<dd>A character vector.</dd>
<dt>pattern</dt>
<dd>The pattern to look for.
The default interpretation is a regular expression, as described in
<a href="/link/stringi%3A%3Aabout_search_regex?package=strex&version=2.0.1" data-mini-rdoc="strex::stringi::about_search_regex">stringi::about_search_regex</a>.
To match a without regular expression (i.e. as a human would), use
<a href="https://stringr.tidyverse.org/reference/modifiers.html">coll()</a>. For details see <code><a href="https://stringr.tidyverse.org/reference/modifiers.html">stringr::regex()</a></code>.</dd>
<dt>side</dt>
<dd>Which side do you want to trim from? <code>"both"</code> is the
default, but you can also have just either <code>"left"</code> or <code>"right"</code>
(or optionally the shortened <code>"b"</code>, <code>"l"</code> and <code>"r"</code>).</dd></dl>

Arguments

Trim something other than whitespace — str_trim_anything

<dl>

<dt>string</dt>
<dd>A character vector.</dd>


<dt>pattern</dt>
<dd>The pattern to look for.
The default interpretation is a regular expression, as described in
<a href='https://rdrr.io/pkg/stringi/man/about_search_regex.html'>stringi::about_search_regex</a>.
To match a without regular expression (i.e. as a human would), use
<a href='https://stringr.tidyverse.org/reference/modifiers.html'>coll()</a>. For details see <code><a href='https://stringr.tidyverse.org/reference/modifiers.html'>stringr::regex()</a></code>.</dd>


<dt>side</dt>
<dd>Which side do you want to trim from? <code>"both"</code> is the
default, but you can also have just either <code>"left"</code> or <code>"right"</code>
(or optionally the shortened <code>"b"</code>, <code>"l"</code> and <code>"r"</code>).</dd>

</dl>

str_trim_anything: Trim something other than whitespace

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