gsubAb: Convenience function to remove a pattern from a column in a...

In HelenLindsay/AbNames: Standardize Antibody Names

Convenience function to remove a pattern from a column in a data.frame

Description

Remove a pattern from a column, either modifying in place or creating a new column. The default pattern removes the prefix "anti-" or "Anti-", optionally followed by Human or human, then optionally a space or underscore

Usage

gsubAb(
  df,
  ab = "Antigen",
  pattern = "[Aa]nti-([Hh]uman)?([ _]?)",
  replacement = "",
  new_col = NA
)

Arguments

df	A data.frame or tibble
ab	(character(1), default "Antigen) Name of the column to remove prefixes from
pattern	(character(1)) A regular expression for matching in column ab.
replacement	(character(1)) Replacement value, default "" (i.e. remove)
new_col	(character(1), default NA Name of the column to add to df. If NA, column ab is modified

Value

df, where prefixes such as "anti-human" have been removed from column "ab".

Author(s)

Helen Lindsay

Examples

df <- data.frame(Antigen = c("anti-Human CD8", "anti-mouse CD8"))
gsubAb(df)

HelenLindsay/AbNames documentation built on June 6, 2023, 1:18 p.m.