wrMisc (version 1.9.0)

extrSpcText: Extract specific text

Description

This function extracts/cuts text-fragments out of txt following specific anchors defined by arguments cutFrom and cutTo.

Usage

extrSpcText(
  txt,
  cutFrom = " GN=",
  cutTo = " PE=",
  missingAs = NA,
  exclFromTag = TRUE,
  silent = FALSE,
  callFrom = NULL
)

Arguments

txt

character vector to be treated

cutFrom

(character) text where to start cutting

cutTo

(character) text where to stop cutting

missingAs

(character) specific content of output at line/location of 'exclLi'

exclFromTag

(logical) to exclude text given in 'cutFrom' from result

silent

(logical) suppress messages

callFrom

(character) allow easier tracking of messages produced

Value

This function returns a modified character vector

Details

In case cutFrom is not found missingAs will be returned. In case cutTo is not found, text gets extracted with chaMaxEl characters.

See Also

substr

Examples

# NOT RUN {
extrSpcText(c(" ghjg GN=thisText PE=001"," GN=_ PE=", NA, "abcd"))
extrSpcText(c("ABCDEF.3-6","05g","bc.4-5"), cutFr="\\.", cutT="-")
# }