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move pattern matching down the data cleaning & transformation episode #64

Closed jt14den closed 1 year ago

jt14den commented 3 years ago

On: https://librarycarpentry.org/lc-r/03-data-cleaning-and-transformation/index.html

Introducing regexes might be taxing on the learner. I suggest moving it below Putting it all together & Split Apply Combine. It could also work as an aside or a challenge that introduces new concepts.

SangareB commented 1 year ago

I agree with the suggestion to

Insert **Regex is especially useful for manipulating strings (alphanumeric data) and is the backbone of search-and-replace operations in most applications under Split-apply-combine data analysis and the summarize() function, in conclusion, this will serve as another way to run the command for those who are familiar with Regex