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grep_subset: Subset a data frame using regex matching on the column name and also on the value

Description

Subset a data frame using regex matching on the column name and also on the value

Usage

grep_subset(dataFrame, colGrep, subGrep, echo = T, invert = F)

Arguments

dataFrame
is a data.frame
colGrep
is a regex pattern for finding the columns
subGrep
is a regex pattern to subset the values in the matched column
echo
If TRUE, messages are printed on the console
invert
If TRUE, returns everything other than the rows and columns matched using colGrep and subGrep

Examples

Run this code
 
df = data.frame(type = c("sample","event","condition","sample"),value = c("value1","value2",
                 "value3","value4"))
filtered_df = grep_subset(df,"type","sample")                

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