Hi there, you probably want something like: # R grep("\\*", c("/3", "2*3", "4-4"))
hope that helps a little, Tony Breyal On 9 Jan, 15:38, "David Hajage" <dhajag...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear R useRs, > > Sorry for this foolish question, but I can't find how to escape the * > character when using grep : > > > grep("-", c("/3", "2*3", "4-4")) > [1] 3 > > grep("/", c("/3", "2*3", "4-4")) > [1] 1 > > grep("*", c("/3", "2*3", "4-4")) > > Erreur dans grep("*", c("/3", "2*3", "4-4")) : > expression régulière incorrecte '*' > De plus : Warning message: > In grep("*", c("/3", "2*3", "4-4")) : > erreur rgcomp : 'Expression régulière précédente incorrecte'> grep("\*", > c("/3", "2*3", "4-4")) > > Erreur dans grep("*", c("/3", "2*3", "4-4")) : > expression régulière incorrecte '*' > De plus : Warning messages: > 1: '\*' est un code escape non reconnu dans une chaîne de caractères > 2: code escape non reconnu éliminé de "\*" > 3: In grep("*", c("/3", "2*3", "4-4")) : > erreur rgcomp : 'Expression régulière précédente incorrecte' > > Best regards, > > david > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > r-h...@r-project.org mailing listhttps://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guidehttp://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.