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stringr: modern, consistent string processing

The R JournalPublished 1 January 2010Open access
Hadley Wickham
Citations69
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score0.95
SNIP1.48
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TL;DR

The stringr package provides string functions that are simpler and more consistent, and also fixes some functionality that R is missing compared to other programming languages.

Abstract

String processing is not glamorous, but it is frequently used in data cleaning and preparation.The existing string functions in R are powerful, but not friendly.To remedy this, the stringr package provides string functions that are simpler and more consistent, and also fixes some functionality that R is missing compared to other programming languages.

Keywords

Computer Science