wrMisc (version 1.2.3)

extrSpcText: Extract specific text

Description

extrSpcText extracts/cuts text-fragments out of 'txt' following specific anchors 'cutFrom' and 'cutTo'. In case 'cutFrom' not found 'missingAs' will be returned. In case 'cutTo' not found text gets extracted with 'chaMaxEl' characters.

Usage

extrSpcText(
  txt,
  cutFrom = " GN=",
  cutTo = " PE=",
  missingAs = NA,
  exclFromTag = TRUE,
  silent = FALSE,
  callFrom = NULL
)

Arguments

txt

character vector to be treated

cutFrom

(character) text where to start cutting

cutTo

(character) text where to stop cutting

missingAs

(character) specific content of output at line/location of 'exclLi'

exclFromTag

(logical) to exclude text given in 'cutFrom' from result

silent

(logical) suppress messages

callFrom

(character) allow easier tracking of message(s) produced

Value

modified character vector

Examples

# NOT RUN {
extrSpcText(c(" ghjg GN=thisText PE=001"," GN=_ PE=",NA,"abcd"))
extrSpcText(c("ABCDEF.3-6","05g","bc.4-5"),cutFr="\\.",cutT="-")
# }