Use the |
character, meaning "or".
library(tidyverse)
# target criteria
target <- c("a", "b", "c") %>% paste(collapse = "|")
target
#> [1] "a|b|c"
# my data
my_data <- tribble(
~col1, ~col2, ~col3,
"aaa", "aaa", "aaa",
"bbb", "bbb", "bbb",
"ccc", "ccc", "ccc",
"ddd", "ddd", "ddd",
"eee", "eee", "eee",
"fff", "fff", "fff"
)
# filter
my_filtered_data <- my_data %>%
filter(str_detect(col1, target))
my_filtered_data
#> # A tibble: 3 x 3
#> col1 col2 col3
#> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 aaa aaa aaa
#> 2 bbb bbb bbb
#> 3 ccc ccc ccc
Created on 2021-12-27 by the reprex package (v2.0.1)