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generate characters

Source: R/utils-basic.R
gen_char.Rd

generate characters

Usage

gen_char(
  from = NULL,
  to = NULL,
  n = NULL,
  random = FALSE,
  allow_dup = TRUE,
  add = NULL,
  seed = NULL
)

Arguments

from

left bound, lower case letter

to

right bound, lower case letter

n

number of characters to generate

random

random generation

allow_dup

allow duplication when random generation

add

add extra characters other than base::letters

seed

random seed

Value

generated characters

Examples

gen_char(from = "g", n = 5)
#> [1] "g" "h" "i" "j" "k"
gen_char(to = "g", n = 5)
#> [1] "c" "d" "e" "f" "g"
gen_char(from = "g", to = "j")
#> [1] "g" "h" "i" "j"
gen_char(from = "t", n = 5, random = TRUE)
#> [1] "y" "w" "t" "y" "z"
gen_char(
  from = "x", n = 5, random = TRUE,
  allow_dup = FALSE, add = c("+", "-")
)
#> [1] "y" "-" "z" "+" "x"