Compare two strings partially using grepl()

The word “grepl” stands for “grep logical”. The grepl() function in R simply searches for matches in characters or sequences of characters present in a given string.

R




# Define two strings(str1 and str2)
String_1 <- "geeks for geeks"
String_2 <- "for"
  
# grepl() function to check if "for" is present in  or not "geeks for geeks"
ans <- grepl(String_2,String_1)
  
# Conditional if statement to check whether ans is true or not
if (ans) {
  cat("The strings are equal")
} else {
  cat("The strings are not equal")
}


Output:

The strings are equal
  • In this example we check whether “for” is present in “geeks for geeks” string or not.
  • Compare them and print the output if it is present i.e. “The strings are equal” or print false i.e. “The strings are not equal”.


Program to Compare two Strings in R

String comparison is a common operation where two strings are compared in a case sensitive manner and check whether they are equal or not. In this article you will learn the various way in which you can compare two string in R language.

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String Comparison: Comparison of two strings and check whether they are equal or not. Equality Operators (==): It is used to compare two string for equality and inequality. Case Sensitivity: In R language programming strings are considers as case-sensitive by default. There are functions like tolower() or toupper() to make case-insensitive comparison. tolower(): tolower() is the function to convert the string to lower case. toupper(): toupper() is the function to convert string to upper case. identical(): indentical() is function to compare two string and true or false according to the input string. grepl(): grepl() is function to compare two string partially....

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Steps Needed :

Define the two strings you want to compare. Use a comparison operator (== or !=) to compare the strings. Use functions like tolower() or toupper() for case-insensitive comparisons. Use grepl() for partial comparision. Use identical() for string comparision. Use if condition and print the result....

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