R help - Jun 2008 - cutting out numbers from vectors

i have a vector with a string of number 
e.g

[1] 01130010000 001130011000 001130012000 001130013000 001130016000
[6] 001130018000

i want a vector with the same numbers except with the last three digits  of
every factor cut off.  
e.g

[1] 01130010 001130011 001130012 001130013 001130016
[6] 001130018

how do i accomplish this?
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On 20.06.2008, at 19:27, calundergrad wrote:
>
> i have a vector with a string of number
> e.g
>
> [1] 01130010000 001130011000 001130012000 001130013000 001130016000
> [6] 001130018000
>
> i want a vector with the same numbers except with the last three  
> digits  of
> every factor cut off.
> e.g
>
> [1] 01130010 001130011 001130012 001130013 001130016
> [6] 001130018
>
> how do i accomplish this?
One way:

gsub("(.*)(.{3})", "\\1", YOUR_VECTOR)


--Hans

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, calundergrad wrote:
>
> i have a vector with a string of number
> e.g
>
> [1] 01130010000 001130011000 001130012000 001130013000 001130016000
> [6] 001130018000
>
> i want a vector with the same numbers except with the last three digits  of
> every factor cut off.
> e.g
>
> [1] 01130010 001130011 001130012 001130013 001130016
> [6] 001130018
>
> how do i accomplish this?
By following the posting guide?

 	help.search("division")
 	?"+"

HTH,

Chuck
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