parenthesize

From assertive.base v0.0-1 by Richard Cotton

Wrap a string in brackets

Parenthesise a character vector by wrapping elements in brackets, dashes or commas.

Usage

parenthesize(x, type = c("round_brackets", "square_brackets",
  "curly_brackets", "angle_brackets", "chevrons", "hyphens", "en_dashes",
  "em_dashes", "commas"))

parenthesise(x, type = c("round_brackets", "square_brackets",
  "curly_brackets", "angle_brackets", "chevrons", "hyphens", "en_dashes",
  "em_dashes", "commas"))

Arguments

x: Character vector to wrap in parenthenses.
type: String naming the type of parenthesis.

Value

A character vector of the input wrapped in parentheses.

Note

English grammar terminology is awfully confusing. The verb 'to parenthesise' means to wrap a phrase in brackets or dashes or commas, thus denoting it as supplementary material that could be left out. A 'parenthesis' as a noun is often used as a synonym for a round bracket.

Examples

paste("There were three", parenthesise(3), "mice in the experiment.")
paste(
  "I love parmos",
  parenthesise("Teesside's finest culinary invention", "en_dashes"),
  "but they are sure to give me heart disease."
)
parenthesise(letters[1:5], "curly")
paste0(
  "The R language",
  parenthesise("an offshoot of S and Scheme", "commas"),
  "is quite good for data analysis."
)

Documentation reproduced from package assertive.base, version 0.0-1, License: GPL (>= 3)

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