textclean (version 0.9.3)

replace_contraction: 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)
# }