Replace Symbols in an Expression

Replace symbols in an expression

Usage

replace_symbol_in_expr(expression, target, replace)

Arguments

expression

Expression

Default value

none

target

Target symbol

Default value

none

replace

Replacing symbol

Default value

none

Value

The expression where every occurrence of the symbol target is replaced by replace

See also

Helpers for working with Quosures: add_suffix_to_vars(), expr_c(), replace_values_by_names()

Author

Stefan Bundfuss

Examples

library(rlang)

replace_symbol_in_expr(expr(AVAL), target = AVAL, replace = AVAL.join)
#> AVAL.join
replace_symbol_in_expr(expr(AVALC), target = AVAL, replace = AVAL.join)
#> AVALC
replace_symbol_in_expr(expr(desc(AVAL)), target = AVAL, replace = AVAL.join)
#> desc(AVAL.join)