Parse a Chemical Formula into its Constituent Elements and Counts

Source: R/2-chemical_formula_funcitons.R

Breaks down a chemical formula into its individual elements and counts, returning the results as a data frame.

parse_chemical_formula(formula)

Arguments

formula

Character string representing the chemical formula to be parsed.

Value

A data frame with two columns: 'Element' and 'Count', representing each element and its count in the given formula.

Details

Parse a Chemical Formula into its Constituent Elements and Counts

This function breaks down a chemical formula into its individual elements and their respective counts. If no count is specified for an element, it defaults to 1. The result is presented as a data frame with columns for elements and counts.

Author

Xiaotao Shen shenxt1990@outlook.com

Examples

parse_chemical_formula("H2O")       # Returns a data frame with H:2 and O:1
#>   Element Count
#> 1       H     2
#> 2       O     1
parse_chemical_formula("C6H12O6")   # Returns a data frame with C:6, H:12, and O:6
#>   Element Count
#> 1       C     6
#> 2       H    12
#> 3       O     6
parse_chemical_formula("Fe2O3")     # Returns a data frame with Fe:2 and O:3
#>   Element Count
#> 1      Fe     2
#> 2       O     3