Format Matched Strings In a Text.

Usage

fmt_txt_at(text, pattern, ...)

Arguments

text: (character) text that contains strings that should be formatted
pattern: regular expressions, or vector of regular expressions
...: <dynamic-dots> format options pass to openxlsx2::fmt_txt(). Can also be a lists of format options that has the same length as pattern.

Value

an openxlsx2 fmt_txt string

Examples

shopping_list <- "apples x4, bag of flour, bag of sugar, milk x2"

# format the word 'bag' bold
fmt_txt_at(shopping_list, "\\bbag\\b", bold = TRUE)
#> fmt_txt string: 
#> [1] "apples x4, bag of flour, bag of sugar, milk x2"

# format the x<nr> green and bold and the "bag of" in italic
fmt_txt_at(shopping_list,
           c("x\\d+", "\\bbag of\\b"),
           list(bold = TRUE, color = openxlsx2::wb_color("green")),
           list(italic = TRUE)
           )
#> fmt_txt string: 
#> [1] "apples x4, bag of flour, bag of sugar, milk x2"