Use str_contains for dataframe?

[bes827]

str_contains is a great function. is it possible to use for detecting a string in a column in a dataset? is there a way for x to be a variable? eg dataset$variable1, rather than a vector or a string? thank you

[strengejacke]

dataset$variable1 is a vector, so yes, this should work. You should place the search pattern as first, the column / variable as second argument:

library(sjmisc)
d <- data.frame(v1 = c("def", "abc", "xyz"))
str_contains("abc", d$v1, switch = TRUE)
#> [1] FALSE  TRUE FALSE

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[bes827]

thanks you. this works. do I have to keep switch = TRUE in this case?