One option is substr() > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wade Wall > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 9:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [R] trim function in R > > Hi all, > I am looking for a function in R to trim the last two characters of an > 8 character string in a vector. For example, I have the > codes 37-079-2, 370079-3,37-079-8 and want to trim them to > 37-079 by removing the last two characters. Is sub the > correct function to use, and if so how can I specify trimming > the last 2 characters? I have read the help file, but can't > quite figure out how to do it. > Thanks, > Wade > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] 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. >
______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
