Getting the play into R
We've already downloaded the play and put the text file in your workspace. Your first step is to read the play into R using stri_read_lines()
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You should take a look at the original text file: importance-of-being-earnest.txt
You'll see there is some foreword and afterword text that Project Gutenberg has added. You'll want to remove that, and then split the play into the introduction (the list of characters, scenes, etc.) and the main body.
This exercise is part of the course
String Manipulation with stringr in R
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Read play in using stri_read_lines()
earnest <- ___