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## Overview
The **`grep()`** function in R is used to check for matches of characters or sequences of characters in a given string.

## Syntax
```
grep(pattern, x, ignore.case=TRUE/FALSE, value=TRUE/FALSE)
```
## Parameter(s)
* `pattern`: The character or sequence of characters that will be matched against specified elements of the string. 
* `x`: The specified string vector. 
* `ignore.case`: If `TRUE` (i.e. it finds a match), the code ignores case (upper or lowercase).
* `value`: If `TRUE`, it returns the vector of the matching elements; otherwise, it returns the indices vector. 

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## Example code
Let's use the ``grep()`` function to find matching characters or sequences of characters of a string.

 # Creating string vector
x <- c("CAR", "car", "Bike", "BIKE")
 
# Calling grep() function
grep("car", x)
grep("Bike", x)
grep("car", x, ignore.case = FALSE)

# to return the vector indices of  both matching elements
grep("Bike", x, ignore.case = TRUE)


# to return matching elements
grep("car", x, ignore.case = TRUE, value = TRUE)

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## Explanation
* Line 2: We create a string vector `x`.
* Lines 5 & 6: We call the `grep()` function with two parameters, `'car'` as a `pattern` and `x` as a specified string vector.
* Line 7: We call the `grep()` function with `ignore.case=FALSE` to check case.
* Line 10: We call the `grep()` function with `ignore.case=TRUE` to ignore case.
* Line 14: We call the `grep()` function with `value=TRUE` to return matching elements.


What  is the grep() function in R?

The grep() function in R matches patterns in strings, with options for case sensitivity and returning values or indices.