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Using the data.table operator `%like%` for partial string matching:
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R tip of the day: partial string matching

The data.table package has the operator %like%, which is super handy for partial string matching:

"system with blue screen" %in% "blue"
> FALSE

"system with blue screen" %like% "blue"
> TRUE
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