On Oct 16, 2011, at 12:35 PM, syrvn wrote:
Hello,
I have a simple question but I don't know which method is best to
use for my
problem.
I have the following strings:
str1 <- "My_name_is_peter"
str2 <- "what_is_your_surname_peter"
I would like to apply predefined abbreviations for peter=p and
name=n to
both strings
so that the new strings look like the followings:
str1: "My_n_is_p"
str2: "what_is_your_surn_p"
Which method is the best to use for that particular problem?
?sub # on same page as grep
> sub("(p)eter", "\\1", vec)
[1] "My_name_is_p" "what_is_your_surname_p"
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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT
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