# about_stringx: Drop-in Replacements for Base String Functions Powered by Stringi

## Description

<span class="pkg">stringx</span> reimplements the built-in R string processing functions based on <span class="pkg">stringi</span> -- a mature R package for fast, correct, consistent, and convenient text manipulation. Thanks to the <span class="pkg">ICU</span> library, we obtain predictable results on every platform, in each locale, and under any native character encoding.

**Keywords**: R, text processing, character strings, internationalisation, localisation, ICU, ICU4C, i18n, l10n, Unicode

**License**: GNU General Public License version 2 or later

## Author(s)

[Marek Gagolewski](https://www.gagolewski.com/)

## References

*<span class="pkg">stringi</span> Package homepage*, <https://stringi.gagolewski.com/>

*ICU -- International Components for Unicode*, <https://icu.unicode.org/>

*The Unicode Consortium*, <https://home.unicode.org/>

## See Also

The official online manual of <span class="pkg">stringx</span> at <https://stringx.gagolewski.com/>
