Replace multiple strings in one gsub() or chartr() statement in R?

Question

I have a string variable containing alphabet[a-z], space[ ], and apostrophe[\'],eg. x <- \"a\'b c\" I want to replace apostrophe[\'] with blank[], and replac

Answer 1

I would opt for a magrittr and/or dplyr solution, as well. However, I prefer not making a new copy of the object, especially if it is in a function and can be returned cheaply.

i.e.

return(
  catInTheHat %>% gsub('Thing1', 'Thing2', .) %>% gsub('Red Fish', 'Blue 
    Fish', .)
)

...and so on.