If you have a table resulting from search_text() or a module return object, you can expand the text column to the full sentence, paragraph, or section. You can also set plus and minus to append and prepend sentences to the result (only when expand_to is "sentence").
Usage
expand_text(
results_table,
paper,
expand_to = c("sentence", "paragraph", "div", "section"),
plus = 0,
minus = 0
)Arguments
- results_table
the table to expand
- paper
a metacheck paper object or a list of paper objects to look up the expanded text from
- expand_to
whether to expand to the sentence, paragraph, div, or section level
- plus
append additional sentences after the target expansion
- minus
prepend additional sentences before the target expansion
Examples
# single paper search
paper <- demoxml() |> read()
res_tbl <- search_text(paper, "p =", return = "match")
expanded <- expand_text(res_tbl, paper)
# multiple paper search
papers <- demodir() |> read()
res_tbl <- search_text(papers, "replicate", return = "sentence")
expanded <- expand_text(res_tbl, papers, plus = 1, minus = 1)