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> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:22 PM
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> Subject: [R] Opposite of paste function
>
> Dear All,
>
> I have vn variable
> > vn
> [1] "V300" "V376"
> What I want to get is
> 300 376
>
> without V and "" from vn variable.
>
> Could you help me about this issue?
>
> Thank you,
> Soyeon
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