Try this: > sub(".*/", "", stock) [1] "BLC.NYSE"
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 8:29 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I have the string below. does someone know a regular expression to just > get the "BLC.NYSE". I bought the O'Reilley > book and read it when I can and I study the solutions on the list but I'm > still not self sufficient with these things. Thanks. > > > stock<-"/opt/limsrv/mark/research/equity/projects/testDL/stock_data/fhdb/US/BLC.NYSE" > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.