Only the spaces in STRING.  However, if I inadvertently delete the space 
between STRING and NN, I can add it back in.

Dennis Fisher MD
P < (The "P Less Than" Company)
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> On Jul 28, 2020, at 1:29 PM, cpolw...@chemo.org.uk wrote:
> 
> On 2020-07-28 21:20, Dennis Fisher wrote:
>> R 4.0.2
>> OS X
>> Colleagues
>> I have strings that contain a space in an unexpected location.  The
>> intended string is:
>>      “STRING 01.  Remainder of the string"
>> However, variants are:
>>      “STR ING 01.  Remainder of the string"
>>      “STRIN G 01.  Remainder of the string"
>> I would like a general approach to deleting a space, but only if it
>> appears before the period.  Any suggestions on a regular expression
>> for this?
> 
> You aren't deleting the space before 0? Is that in the requirement?


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