Re: [R] find and replace characters in a string

2013-03-27 Thread PIKAL Petr
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 5:17 PM > To: Shane Carey > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] find and replace characters in a string > > Hello, > > The period is a metacharacter so you have to escape it. > The period is escaped with a '\'. In it's turn, 

Re: [R] find and replace characters in a string

2013-03-27 Thread Rui Barradas
Hello, The period is a metacharacter so you have to escape it. The period is escaped with a '\'. In it's turn, '\' is a metacharacter so it needs to be escaped. Hence the double'\\'. x <- "LOI ." gsub("\\.", "(%)", x) Hope this helps, Rui Barradas Em 27-03-2013 16:09, Shane Carey escreveu:

Re: [R] find and replace characters in a string

2013-03-27 Thread arun
txt<-  "LOI ." gsub("[.]","%",txt) #[1] "LOI %" A.K. From: Shane Carey To: r-help@r-project.org Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:09 PM Subject: [R] find and replace characters in a string Hi, I have a string o

[R] find and replace characters in a string

2013-03-27 Thread Shane Carey
Hi, I have a string of text as follows "LOI ." How do I replace the dot with "(%)" gsub(".","(%)",LOI .) gives "(%)(%)(%)(%)(%)" Thanks -- Shane [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.c