Ok, I figured it out. My stupid mistake, should be \\b instead of \b.
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From: Tan, Richard
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 3:36 PM
To: 'r-help@r-project.org'
Subject: gsub does not support \b?
Hello, can someone help? How come
> gsub("\bINDS\b","INDUSTRIES","ADVANCED ENERGY INDS")
[1] "ADVANCED ENERGY INDS"
not ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES
Thanks.
Richard
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