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Convert all Spaces to "Normal" Spaces

Source: R/utilities_text.R
convert.spaces.Rd

Converts various type of spaces into "normal" spaces.

Usage

convert.spaces(text)

Arguments

text

A string of words forming a sentence or phrase.

Value

string of cleaned characters forming a sentence or phrase.

Details

One of several text cleaning functions. The function replaces various types of spaces with ASCII spaces that are breakable. The reason for this function is to replace non-breakable space with standard, breakable spaces.

See also

Other "text cleaning": clean.cntrl(), extract.emails()

Author

Emilio Xavier Esposito emilio.esposito@gmail.com (https://github.com/emilioxavier)

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  comment <- "All day I see class mates and send e-mails.   I miss East Lansing."

  convert.spaces(text=comment)
} # }