Hello,
I have been able to figure this out using \\ (two back slashes for escape)
Working R code for what I wanted is...
cleanBetweenBrackets <- function(String)
{ return(gsub("\\(.*?\\)", "", String))}
I thought I had tried that (the \\) before I emailed the list. Please
ignore my previous email.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Audrey
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From: Audrey Riddell <audreyka...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 4:56 PM
Subject:
To: r-help@r-project.org
Hello,
I am trying to remove brackets and the text contained in brackets. I tried
to do a user defined formula... my attempt at this is pasted below.
cleanBetweenBrackets <- function(String)
{ return(gsub("\(.*?\)", "", String))}
I keep getting errors (namely that there is an unrecognised escape
character in the string). I have looked at regex forums a bit, but cant
figure this out.
I want the above formula to be able to produce the following result
>Str<-"The cat is crazy (but not too crazy)"
>StrNoBrackets<-cleanBetweenBrackets(Str)
>StrNoBrackets
[1] "The cat is crazy "
Assistance would be appreciated,
Audrey
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