Working with stringr

The stringr package provides a cohesive set of functions that all start with str_ and are designed to make working with strings as easy as possible.

Let’s start with the basic functions of stringr by replicating the same results from the previous exercise.

Basics of stringr

The str_c() function from the stringr package can concatenate multiple strings with similar functionalities as in paste(). Let’s see its use in action.

Exercise 3.9 – combining strings using paste()

In this exercise, we will reproduce the same as what we did in Exercise 3.8 using str_c():

1. Concatenate statistics with workshop with a separating space in between:

   >>> str_c("statistics", "workshop", sep = " ")
   "statistics workshop"

   We can use the sep argument to specify the separator between strings.

2. Combine a vector of statistics and workshop with course:

   >>> str_c(c("statistics", "...