Hi there
I am trying to remove the white space and replace it with nothing but didnt
have any luck with that
x <- and fgh-
i can replace the comma using gsub
gsub("\\-","",x)
but i cant replace the white space with nothing.
Ramya
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Is this what you want:> x <- " and fgh- " > gsub(" +", "", x)[1] "andfgh-" On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Ramyathulasingam <Ramya.Thulasingam at rndsystems.com> wrote:> > Hi ?there > > I am trying to remove the white space and replace it with nothing but didnt > have any luck with that > > x <- and fgh- > > i can replace the comma using gsub > gsub("\\-","",x) > but i cant replace the white space with nothing. > > Ramya > -- > View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Removing-white-space-help-tp26503431p26503431.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at 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. >-- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve?
If I understand, you can try this:
gsub("\\s+","",x)
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Ramyathulasingam
<Ramya.Thulasingam at rndsystems.com> wrote:>
> Hi ?there
>
> I am trying to remove the white space and replace it with nothing but didnt
> have any luck with that
>
> x <- and fgh-
>
> i can replace the comma using gsub
> gsub("\\-","",x)
> but i cant replace the white space with nothing.
>
> Ramya
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> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
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