diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index a3ae209..08f77f6 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 Package: Stringendo
 Title: Stringendo - string manipulation utilities
 Version: 1.2.5
-Authors@R: 
+Authors@R:
     person("Abel", "Vertesy", , "av@imba.oeaw.ac.at", role = c("aut", "cre"))
 Description: Stringendo is a set of R functions to parse strings from
     variables and to manipulate strings.
 License: GPL-3 + file LICENSE
 BugReports: https://github.com/vertesy/Stringendo/issues
-Depends: 
+Depends:
     base
-Imports: 
+Imports:
+    methods
+Suggests:
     clipr,
-    dplyr
-Suggests: 
     devtools,
     testthat
 Encoding: UTF-8
diff --git a/Development/config.R b/Development/config.R
index 3081d85..533c896 100644
--- a/Development/config.R
+++ b/Development/config.R
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ DESCRIPTION <- list(
   description = "Stringendo is a set of R functions to parse strings from variables and to manipulate strings.",
 
   depends = "base",
-  imports = "dplyr, clipr",
-  suggests = "devtools, testthat", # removed MarkdownHelpers, MarkdownReports,
+  imports = "methods",
+  suggests = "devtools, testthat, clipr", # removed MarkdownHelpers, MarkdownReports, dplyr (no longer used)
 
   author.given = "Abel",
   author.family = "Vertesy",
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index da5cc90..334c6a4 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -80,5 +80,4 @@ export(toUnderscoreSeparated)
 export(warnif)
 export(warnifnot)
 export(ww.break.lines)
-importFrom(clipr,write_clip)
-importFrom(dplyr,case_when)
+importFrom(methods,hasArg)
diff --git a/R/Stringendo.R b/R/Stringendo.R
index 5fddf69..9851fb2 100644
--- a/R/Stringendo.R
+++ b/R/Stringendo.R
@@ -553,8 +553,7 @@ ReplaceSpecialCharacters <- function(string = "obj@meta$alpha[[3]]", replacement
   x <- gsub(x = x, pattern = " \\.", replacement = ".", perl = TRUE)
   x <- gsub(x = x, pattern = "\\. ", replacement = ".", perl = TRUE)
   x <- ReplaceRepeatedDots(x)
-  if (remove_dots) x <- gsub(x = x, pattern = "\\.", replacement = "")
-  x
+  if (remove_dots) gsub(x = x, pattern = "\\.", replacement = "") else x # This is the return line. 
 }
 
 
@@ -1001,7 +1000,6 @@ format_number_h <- function(x, digits = 1, big.mark = " ", decimal.mark = ".") {
 #' countDotOrUnderscoreSeparated("add translated metadata")
 #' countDotOrUnderscoreSeparated("addTranslatedMetadata")
 #' }
-#' @importFrom dplyr case_when
 #' @export
 countDotOrUnderscoreSeparated <- function(string) {
   stopifnot(is.character(string), length(string) == 1)
@@ -1018,14 +1016,19 @@ countDotOrUnderscoreSeparated <- function(string) {
     message(paste("Number of white spaces in the string:", ws_count))
   }
 
-  # First separator that's strictly more frequent than both others wins; a tie is "undecided".
-  estimated_separator <- dplyr::case_when(
-    dot_count > max(usc_count, ws_count) ~ "dot",
-    usc_count > max(dot_count, ws_count) ~ "underscore",
-    ws_count > max(dot_count, usc_count) ~ "white space",
-    dot_count == 0 && usc_count == 0 && ws_count == 0 ~ "none",
-    dot_count == usc_count && dot_count == ws_count ~ "undecided"
-  )
+  # Any other tie among the counts (not just a three-way tie) is genuinely
+  # ambiguous, so it also falls back to "undecided" rather than NA.
+  estimated_separator <- if (dot_count > max(usc_count, ws_count)) {
+    "dot"
+  } else if (usc_count > max(dot_count, ws_count)) {
+    "underscore"
+  } else if (ws_count > max(dot_count, usc_count)) {
+    "white space"
+  } else if (dot_count == 0 && usc_count == 0 && ws_count == 0) {
+    "none"
+  } else {
+    "undecided"
+  }
 
   message("Estimated separator: ", estimated_separator)
 
@@ -1051,7 +1054,6 @@ countDotOrUnderscoreSeparated <- function(string) {
 #' @examples
 #' toCamelCase("plot.metadata.cor.heatMap")
 #' toCamelCase("plot_metadata_cor_heat_map")
-#' @importFrom clipr write_clip
 #'
 #' @export
 toCamelCase <- function(input_string,
@@ -1098,7 +1100,6 @@ toCamelCase <- function(input_string,
 #' toUnderscoreSeparated("plot.Metadata.cor.heatMap")
 #' toUnderscoreSeparated("plotMetadataCorHeatMap")
 #' toUnderscoreSeparated("plot.metadataCor.heatMap")
-#' @importFrom clipr write_clip
 #'
 #' @export
 toUnderscoreSeparated <- function(input_string, toclipboard = TRUE) {
@@ -1135,7 +1136,6 @@ toUnderscoreSeparated <- function(input_string, toclipboard = TRUE) {
 #' @examples
 #' toDotSeparated("plotMetadataCorHeatMap")
 #' toDotSeparated("plot_Metadata_Cor_HeatMap")
-#' @importFrom clipr write_clip
 #' @export
 
 toDotSeparated <- function(input_string, toclipboard = TRUE) {
@@ -1234,6 +1234,7 @@ fix_special_characters_bash <- function(path) {
 #' ParseFullFilePath(path = "home/user/docs/", file_name = "report@final", extension = ".txt")
 #' ParseFullFilePath(file_name = "report", extension = "txt")
 #'
+#' @importFrom methods hasArg
 #' @export
 ParseFullFilePath <- function(path, file_name, extension) {
   file_name <- ReplaceRepeatedDots(ReplaceSpecialCharacters(file_name)) # sanitize the file name itself
@@ -1427,9 +1428,10 @@ parseParamStringWNames <- function(named.vec, sep1 = ": ", sep2 = " | ") {
 #' @examples
 #' params.2.fname(aa = 1, cc = 2, d = NULL, sep = ".", collapse = "_")
 #' # Returns "aa.1_cc.2"
+#' @export
 params.2.fname <- function(..., sep = ".", collapse = "_") {
   x <- list(...)
-  nmz <- as.character(substitute(list(...))[-1])
+  nmz <- names(x)
 
   # Filter out NULL values
   idx.empty <- sapply(x, is.null)
@@ -1607,14 +1609,15 @@ parFlags2 <- function(prefix = ".",
                       pasteflg = TRUE,
                       coll.char = ".",
                       coll.char.intra = "_") {
+  stopifnot(
+    is.character(prefix), length(prefix) == 1,
+    is.logical(pasteflg), length(pasteflg) == 1,
+    is.character(coll.char), length(coll.char) == 1,
+    is.character(coll.char.intra), length(coll.char.intra) == 1
+  )
   val <- c(...)
+  names(val) <- as.character(match.call(expand.dots = FALSE)[["..."]])
   
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  <- as.character(as.list(match.call())[-(1:2)])
-  names(val) <- namez
   flg <- if (pasteflg) {
     paste0(
       prefix,
diff --git a/man/toCamelCase.Rd b/man/toCamelCase.Rd
index d179795..d981ad5 100644
--- a/man/toCamelCase.Rd
+++ b/man/toCamelCase.Rd
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ each word (except the first word), and then concatenates them back together.
 \examples{
 toCamelCase("plot.metadata.cor.heatMap")
 toCamelCase("plot_metadata_cor_heat_map")
+
 }
diff --git a/man/toUnderscoreSeparated.Rd b/man/toUnderscoreSeparated.Rd
index be700ce..2b01336 100644
--- a/man/toUnderscoreSeparated.Rd
+++ b/man/toUnderscoreSeparated.Rd
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ It then converts all characters to lowercase.
 toUnderscoreSeparated("plot.Metadata.cor.heatMap")
 toUnderscoreSeparated("plotMetadataCorHeatMap")
 toUnderscoreSeparated("plot.metadataCor.heatMap")
+
 }