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Removing values that contain a string using dplyr (R)

My current code removes only the values that have the exact value of "unassigned", whereas I want it to remove any value that contains "unassigned".

Here's my code 

Newdata <- mydata %>%
  filter(taxon !="unassigned")

The column I'm looking to remove any "unassigned" values from is called taxon.

Thanks!

Solution

  • A grepl answer:

    Newdata <- mydata %>%
  filter(!grepl(".*unassigned.*",taxon))