sub("xxx", "aaa", vectorx) or maybe gsub, depending on your application.
Cheers, Simon. On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 12:40 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi List, > > I want replace characters within a vector. Outside R I could use sed, > but I'd like to automate it in R. For example > > vectorx > xxxyyz > xxxyyza > xxxyyzzb > > I want to change to: > > vectorx > aaayyz > aaayyza > aaayyzzb > > The obvious replace command only deals with whole data entries? > Any hints would be appreciated. > > Thanks > Herry > > ______________________________________________ > 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. -- Simon Blomberg, BSc (Hons), PhD, MAppStat. Lecturer and Consultant Statistician Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences The University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland 4072 Australia Room 320, Goddard Building (8) T: +61 7 3365 2506 email: S.Blomberg1_at_uq.edu.au The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data. - John Tukey. ______________________________________________ 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.