Simplify pattern strings.

Usage

get_simplify(pattern, ...)

Arguments

pattern

a pre-compiled regular expression or a string

...

further arguments passed to re2

Examples

get_simplify("a{1}")

[1] "a"

get_simplify("a{3}b+(:?abc(a))")

[1] "aaab+(:?abc(a))"

get_simplify("a{2,3}a{2}")

[1] "aaaaa?"

get_simplify(re2("1+2",literal = TRUE))

[1] "1\\+2"

get_pattern(re2("1+2",literal = TRUE))

[1] "1+2"