diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 97a7362..b534846 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ authors = ["Daniel Rizk && Contributors"]
 version = "0.2.1"
 
 [deps]
+StringEncodings = "69024149-9ee7-55f6-a4c4-859efe599b68"
 
 [compat]
+StringEncodings = "0.3"
 julia = "1.6"
 
 [extras]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f1beb9..dfa1045 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ TidierStrings.jl currently supports:
 - `str_detect()`
 - `str_replace()`
 - `str_replace_all()`
+- `str_replace_missing()`
 - `str_removal_all()`
 - `str_remove()`
 - `str_count()`
@@ -57,6 +58,12 @@ TidierStrings.jl currently supports:
 - `str_starts()`
 - `str_ends()`
 - `str_which()`
+- `str_flatten()`
+- `str_flatten_comma()`
+- `str_locate()`
+- `str_locate_all()`
+- `str_conv`
+- `str_like`
 - `word()`
 
 ## Examples
diff --git a/docs/src/index.md b/docs/src/index.md
index 749dcad..ad45cc0 100644
--- a/docs/src/index.md
+++ b/docs/src/index.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ This package includes:
 - `str_detect()`
 - `str_replace()`
 - `str_replace_all()`
+- `str_replace_missing()`
 - `str_removal_all()`
 - `str_remove()`
 - `str_count()`
@@ -28,4 +29,10 @@ This package includes:
 - `str_starts()`
 - `str_ends()`
 - `str_which()`
+- `str_flatten()`
+- `str_flatten_comma()`
+- `str_locate()`
+- `str_locate_all()`
+- `str_conv`
+- `str_like`
 - `word()`
diff --git a/src/TidierStrings.jl b/src/TidierStrings.jl
index 9219f45..575ad4d 100644
--- a/src/TidierStrings.jl
+++ b/src/TidierStrings.jl
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 module TidierStrings
 
+using StringEncodings
+
 export str_detect, str_replace, str_replace_all, str_remove_all, str_remove, str_count, str_squish, str_equal, str_to_upper, str_to_lower, str_split, str_subset, 
-       str_to_title, str_to_sentence, str_dup, str_length, str_width, str_trim, str_unique, word, str_starts, str_ends, str_which
+       str_to_title, str_to_sentence, str_dup, str_length, str_width, str_trim, str_unique, word, str_starts, str_ends, str_which, str_flatten, str_flatten_comma,
+       str_locate, str_locate_all, str_conv, str_replace_missing, str_like
 
 include("strings_docstrings.jl")
 
@@ -35,6 +38,109 @@ function str_detect(column, pattern::Union{String, Regex})
     end
 end
 
+"""
+$docstring_str_locate
+"""
+function str_locate(string::AbstractString, pattern::Union{AbstractString,Regex})
+    if isa(pattern, Regex)
+        regex_pattern = pattern
+    else
+        regex_pattern = Regex(pattern)
+    end
+
+    match = Base.match(regex_pattern, string)
+
+    if match === nothing
+        return (NaN, NaN)
+    else
+        return (first(match.offset), last(match.offset))
+    end
+end
+
+"""
+$docstring_str_locate_all
+"""
+function str_locate_all(string::AbstractString, pattern::Union{AbstractString,Regex})
+    if isa(pattern, Regex)
+        regex_pattern = pattern
+    else
+        regex_pattern = Regex(pattern)
+    end
+
+    matches = collect(eachmatch(regex_pattern, string))
+
+    return [(first(m.offset), last(m.offset)) for m in matches]
+end
+
+"""
+$docstring_str_flatten
+"""
+function str_flatten(string::AbstractVector, collapse::AbstractString="", last::Union{Nothing,AbstractString}=nothing; missing_rm::Bool=false)
+    if missing_rm
+        string = filter(!ismissing, string)
+    end
+
+    if isempty(string)
+        return ""
+    elseif length(string) == 1
+        return string[1]
+    else
+        if isnothing(last)
+            return join(string, collapse)
+        else
+            if length(string) == 2
+                return join(string, last)
+            else
+                return join(string[1:end-1], collapse) * last * string[end]
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+"""
+$docstring_str_flatten_comma
+"""
+function str_flatten_comma(string::AbstractVector, last::Union{Nothing,AbstractString}=nothing; missing_rm::Bool=false)
+    return str_flatten(string, ", ", last, missing_rm=missing_rm)
+end
+
+"""
+$docstring_str_conv
+"""
+function str_conv(string::Union{String,Vector{UInt8}}, encoding::String)
+    encoder = StringEncodings.Encoding(encoding)
+    if isa(string, Vector{UInt8})
+        return StringEncodings.decode(string, encoder)
+    else
+        byte_array = StringEncodings.encode(string, encoder)
+        return StringEncodings.decode(byte_array, encoder)
+    end
+end
+
+"""
+$docstring_str_replace_missing
+"""
+function str_replace_missing(string::AbstractVector{Union{Missing,String}}, replacement::String="missing")
+    return [ismissing(s) ? replacement : s for s in string]
+end
+
+"""
+$docstring_str_like
+"""
+function str_like(string::AbstractVector{String}, pattern::String; ignore_case::Bool = true)
+    # Convert SQL LIKE pattern to Julia regex pattern
+    julia_pattern = replace(pattern, r"[%_]" => s -> s == "%" ? ".*" : ".")
+    julia_pattern = replace(julia_pattern, r"(\\%)" => "%")
+    julia_pattern = replace(julia_pattern, r"(\\_)" => "_")
+
+    # Create a regular expression object
+    regex_flags = ignore_case ? "i" : ""
+    regex_pattern = Regex("^" * julia_pattern * "\$", regex_flags)
+
+    # Apply the pattern to each string in the input vector
+    return [occursin(regex_pattern, str) for str in string]
+end
+
 """
 $docstring_str_starts
 """
diff --git a/src/strings_docstrings.jl b/src/strings_docstrings.jl
index 307ec8a..04259bd 100644
--- a/src/strings_docstrings.jl
+++ b/src/strings_docstrings.jl
@@ -32,6 +32,67 @@ true
 ```
 """
 
+const docstring_str_flatten  =
+"""
+    str_flatten(string::AbstractVector, collapse::AbstractString="", last::Union{Nothing,AbstractString}=nothing; missing_rm::Bool=false)
+
+Flatten a string vector into a single string.
+
+Arguments
+- `string`: Input string.
+- `collapse`: The string to insert between each string in the input vector. Default is `""`.
+- `last`: The string to insert at the end of the flattened string. Default is `nothing`.
+- `missing_rm`: Remove `Missing` values from the input vector. Default is `false`.
+
+Returns
+A flattened string.
+
+Examples
+```jldoctest
+julia> str_flatten(["a", "b", "c"])
+"abc"
+
+julia> str_flatten(["a", "b", "c", "d"])
+"abcd"
+
+julia> str_flatten(['a', 'b', 'c'], "-")
+"a-b-c"
+
+julia> str_flatten(['a', 'b', 'c'], ", ")
+"a, b, c"
+
+julia> str_flatten(['a', 'b', 'c'], ", ", " and ")
+"a, b and c"
+```
+"""
+
+const docstring_str_flatten_comma  =
+"""
+    str_flatten_comma(string::AbstractVector, last::Union{Nothing,AbstractString}=nothing; missing_rm::Bool=false)
+
+Flatten a string vector into a single string, separated by commas.
+
+Arguments
+- `string`: Input string.
+- `last`: The string to insert at the end of the flattened string. Default is `nothing`.
+- `missing_rm`: Remove `Missing` values from the input vector. Default is `false`.
+
+Returns
+A flattened string.
+
+Examples
+```jldoctest
+julia> str_flatten_comma(['a', 'b', 'c'])
+"a, b, c"
+
+julia> str_flatten_comma(['a', 'b'])
+"a, b"
+
+julia> str_flatten_comma(['a', 'b'], " and ")
+"a and b"
+```
+"""
+
 const docstring_str_replace  =
 """
     str_replace(column::String, pattern::Union{String, Regex}, replacement::String)
@@ -535,4 +596,128 @@ Int64[]
 julia> str_which(["apple", "banana", "pear", "pineapple"], "a", negate=true)  # []
 Int64[]
 ```
-"""
\ No newline at end of file
+"""
+
+const docstring_str_locate = 
+"""
+    str_locate(string::AbstractString, pattern::Union{AbstractString, Regex})
+
+Returns the index of the first occurrence of a pattern in a string.
+
+Arguments
+- `string`: Input string.
+- `pattern`: The pattern to search for. Can be a string or a regular expression.
+
+A tuple `(start, end)` where `start` is the position at the start of the match and `end` is the position of the end.
+
+Examples
+```jldoctest
+julia> fruit = ["apple", "banana", "pear", "pineapple"]; str_locate(fruit[1], "e")
+(5, 5)
+
+julia> fruit = ["apple", "banana", "pear", "pineapple"]; str_locate(fruit[2], "a")
+(2, 2)
+```
+"""
+const docstring_str_locate_all = 
+"""
+    str_locate_all(string::AbstractString, pattern::Union{AbstractString, Regex})
+
+Returns the indices of all occurrences of a pattern in a string.
+
+Arguments
+- `string`: Input string.
+- `pattern`: The pattern to search for. Can be a string or a regular expression.
+
+A vector of tuples `(start, end)` where `start` is the position at the start of the match and `end` is the position of the end.
+
+Examples
+```jldoctest
+julia> fruit = ["apple", "banana", "pear", "pineapple"]; str_locate_all(fruit[1], "e")
+1-element Vector{Tuple{Int64, Int64}}:
+ (5, 5)
+
+julia> fruit = ["apple", "banana", "pear", "pineapple"]; str_locate_all(fruit[2], "a")
+3-element Vector{Tuple{Int64, Int64}}:
+ (2, 2)
+ (4, 4)
+ (6, 6)
+```
+"""
+
+const docstring_str_replace_missing = 
+"""
+    str_replace_missing(string::AbstractVector{Union{Missing,String}}, replacement::String="missing")
+
+Replaces missing values in a vector with a specified string.
+
+Arguments
+- `string`: Input vector of strings.
+- `replacement`: The string to replace missing values with. Default is "missing".
+
+Returns
+The vector of strings with missing values replaced.
+
+Examples
+```jldoctest
+julia> str_replace_missing(["apple", missing, "pear", "pineapple"])
+4-element Vector{String}:
+ "apple"
+ "missing"
+ "pear"
+ "pineapple"
+```
+"""
+
+const docstring_str_conv = 
+"""
+    str_conv(string::Union{String,Vector{UInt8}}, encoding::String)
+
+Converts a string to a different encoding.
+
+Arguments
+- `string`: Input string.
+- `encoding`: A String that specifies the encoding to use.
+
+Returns
+The converted string.
+
+Examples
+```jldoctest
+julia> str_conv("Hello, World!", "UTF-8")
+"Hello, World!"
+
+julia> str_conv("Hello, World!", "ASCII")
+"Hello, World!"
+
+julia> str_conv("Héllo, Wörld!", "ISO-8859-1")
+"Héllo, Wörld!"
+
+julia> str_conv([0x48, 0x65, 0x6C, 0x6C, 0x6F, 0x2C, 0x20, 0x77, 0x6F, 0x72, 0x6C, 0x64, 0x21], "UTF-8")
+"Hello, world!"
+```
+"""
+
+const docstring_str_like = 
+"""
+    str_like(string::AbstractVector{String}, pattern::String; ignore_case::Bool = true)
+
+Detect a pattern in each string of the input vector using SQL-like pattern matching.
+
+Arguments
+- `string`: Input string.
+- `pattern`: The pattern to check for. Can be a string or a regular expression.
+- `ignore_case`: Whether to ignore case when matching. Default is `true`.
+
+Returns
+A vector of booleans indicating if the string matches the pattern.
+
+```jldoctest
+julia> str_like(["Hello", "world", "HELLO", "WORLD"], "H_llo")
+4-element Vector{Bool}:
+ 1
+ 0
+ 1
+ 0
+```
+"""