textclean (version 0.9.3)

replace_html: Replace HTML Markup

Description

Replaces HTML markup. The angle braces are removed and the HTML symbol markup is replaced with equivalent symbols.

Usage

replace_html(x, symbol = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

x

The text variable.

symbol

logical. If codeTRUE the symbols are retained with appropriate replacements. If FALSE they are removed.

Ignored.

Value

Returns a vector with HTML markup replaced.

Details

Replacements for symbols are as follows:

html symbol
© (c)
® (r)
™ tm
“ "
” "
‘ '
’ '
• -
· -
⋅ []
– -
— -
¢ cents
£ pounds
€ euro
≠ !=
½ half
¼ quarter
¾ three fourths
° degrees
&larr; <-
&rarr; ->
&hellip; ...
&nbsp;
&lt; <
&gt; >
&amp; &
&quot; "
&apos; '
&yen; yen

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
x <- c(
    "<bold>Random</bold> text with symbols:   < > & " '",
    "<p>More text</p> ¢ £ ¥ € © ®"
)

replace_html(x)
replace_html(x, FALSE)
replace_white(replace_html(x, FALSE))
# }

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