Change case

Source: R/case_names.R

Change case

case_names(x, what = "onlyfirst")

# S3 method for character
case_names(x, what = "onlyfirst")

# S3 method for splist
case_names(x, what = "onlyfirst")

Arguments

x

Input species list, a character vector
what

(character) one of onlyfirst, trim, lower, upper

Value

Same as put in, either list, character vector or data.frame

Examples

x <- c("Salmo eperlanus Linnaeus, 1758", 'Oncorhynchus clarkii', 'Salmo',
'Oncorhynchus clarkii', 'Salvelinus fontinalis', 'Salvelinus confluentus')

# capitalize first letter only
case_names(x)

#> [1] "Salmo eperlanus Linnaeus, 1758" "Oncorhynchus clarkii"          
#> [3] "Salmo"                          "Oncorhynchus clarkii"          
#> [5] "Salvelinus fontinalis"          "Salvelinus confluentus"        

# all lower case
case_names(x, 'lower')

#> [1] "salmo eperlanus linnaeus, 1758" "oncorhynchus clarkii"          
#> [3] "salmo"                          "oncorhynchus clarkii"          
#> [5] "salvelinus fontinalis"          "salvelinus confluentus"        

# all upper case
case_names(x, 'upper')

#> [1] "SALMO EPERLANUS LINNAEUS, 1758" "ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII"          
#> [3] "SALMO"                          "ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII"          
#> [5] "SALVELINUS FONTINALIS"          "SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS"        

# trim white space
x <- c("Salmo eperlanus Linnaeus, 1758  ", 'Oncorhynchus clarkii', 'Salmo ',
'Oncorhynchus clarkii ', '   Salvelinus fontinalis ', 'Salvelinus confluentus  ')
case_names(x, 'trim')

#> [1] "Salmo eperlanus Linnaeus, 1758" "Oncorhynchus clarkii"          
#> [3] "Salmo"                          "Oncorhynchus clarkii"          
#> [5] "Salvelinus fontinalis"          "Salvelinus confluentus"