Let’s say I have a vector of string values that looks something like:

vec_vals<-c("value1", "value2", "value3")

and a text string which at certain points may contain those values, something like:

text_string<-"value1 blah blah blah value2"

I am trying to add a value, let’s say x. in the text_string in front of any of vec_vals that appear in the text_string, so in this case the desired result would be:

text_string_cleaned<-"x.value1 blah blah blah x.value2"

Thanks!