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gsub("cpue\|nogd", "", string) John --- Web sites: www.ifr.ac.uk www.foodandhealthnetwork.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Luis Ridao Cruz Sent: 15 November 2006 13:29 To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] gsub R-help, I want to remove the following strings "cpue" and "nogd" string <- c("upsanogd" , "toskanogd" , "hysunogd" , "konganogd" ,"gullaksnogd" , "longunogd" , "blalongunogd" , "brosmunogd") I could use first : first <- gsub("cpue" , "", string) and then : second <- gsub("nogd" , "", first) Can it be done at once? Thanks in advance > version _ platform i386-pc-mingw32 arch i386 os mingw32 system i386, mingw32 status major 2 minor 4.0 year 2006 month 10 day 03 svn rev 39566 language R version.string R version 2.4.0 (2006-10-03) > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.