textclean (version 0.3.0)

replace_contraction: Replace Contractions

Description

This function replaces contractions with long form.

Usage

replace_contraction(x, contraction.key = lexicon::key_contractions, ignore.case = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

x

The text variable.

contraction.key

A two column hash of contractions (column 1) and expanded form replacements (column 2). Default is to use key_contractions data set.

ignore.case

logical. Should case be ignored?

...

ignored.

Value

Returns a vector with contractions replaced.

Examples

## Not run: 
# x <- c("Mr. Jones isn't going.",  
#     "Check it out what's going on.",
#     "He's here but didn't go.",
#     "the robot at t.s. wasn't nice", 
#     "he'd like it if i'd go away")
# 
# replace_contraction(x)
# ## End(Not run)