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Checking if a Column Contains a String in R

Steven Sanderson performs a check:

Whether you’re doing some data cleaning or exploring your dataset, checking if a column contains a specific string can be a crucial task. Today, I’ll show you how to do this using both str_detect() from the stringr package and base R methods. We’ll also tackle finding partial strings and counting occurrences. Let’s dive right in!

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