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Get names by string matching multiple patterns

Usage

mgetnames(
  x,
  pattern = NULL,
  starts_with = NULL,
  ends_with = NULL,
  ignore_case = TRUE,
  return_index = FALSE
)

Arguments

x

Character vector or object with names() method.

pattern

Character vector: pattern(s) to match anywhere in names of x.

starts_with

Character: pattern to match in the beginning of names of x.

ends_with

Character: pattern to match at the end of names of x.

ignore_case

Logical: If TRUE, well, ignore case.

return_index

Logical: If TRUE, return integer index of matches instead of names.

Value

Character vector of matched names or integer index.

Author

EDG