R - Replace multiple patterns with multiple ids

Question

This was partially already tackled in others posts but unfortunately I could not make it run properly on my side.

I have a data frame full of texts, and there are certain

Answer 1

You can create a named list and use it to replace values in str_replace_all :

hous$HouseType <- stringr::str_replace_all(hous$HouseType, 
                            setNames(maps$UniqueID, maps$Names))
hous

#                HouseType               HouseTypeNo
#1 Fruit Fruit Fruit Honey Onion Garlic Pepper Sugar
#2 Animals Animals Animals       Mushrooms Soya Eggs