medrxivr (version 0.1.1)

mx_caps: Search term wrapper that allows for different capitalization of term

Description

Inspired by the varying capitalization of "NCOV" during the corona virus pandemic (e.g. ncov, nCoV, NCOV, nCOV), this function allows for all possible configurations of lower- and upper-case letters in your search term.

Usage

mx_caps(x)

Value

The input string is return, but with each non-space character repeated in lower- and upper-case, and enclosed in square brackets. For example, mx_caps("ncov") returns "[Nn][Cc][Oo][Vv]"

Arguments

x

Search term to be formatted

See Also

Other helper: mx_crosscheck(), mx_download(), mx_export()

Examples

# \donttest{

query <- c("coronavirus", mx_caps("ncov"))

mx_search(mx_snapshot("6c4056d2cccd6031d92ee4269b1785c6ec4d555b"), query)
# }