Apply gsub for multiple patterns with a single replacement — mgsub • rwf

Iterates over a vector of patterns, applying gsub sequentially with the same replacement string for each.

Usage

mgsub(mydata, pattern, replacement, ...)

Arguments

mydata: Character vector to search within.
pattern: Character vector of patterns to search for.
replacement: Character. The replacement string applied for all patterns.
...: Additional arguments passed to gsub, such as fixed or ignore.case.

Value

A character vector with all pattern matches replaced.

Examples

mgsub(mydata="#$%^&*_+",pattern=c("%","*"),"REPLACE",fixed=TRUE)
#> [1] "#$REPLACE^&REPLACE_+"