Hello, can someone help? How come> gsub("\bINDS\b","INDUSTRIES","ADVANCED ENERGY INDS")[1] "ADVANCED ENERGY INDS" not ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES Thanks. Richard [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Ok, I figured it out. My stupid mistake, should be \\b instead of \b. ________________________________ 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 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Tan, Richard wrote:> Hello, can someone help? How come > >> gsub("\bINDS\b","INDUSTRIES","ADVANCED ENERGY INDS") > [1] "ADVANCED ENERGY INDS"It does, but you need to escape it: gsub("\\bINDS\\b","INDUSTRIES","ADVANCED ENERGY INDS") Uwe Ligges> not ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES > > Thanks. > Richard > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.