Hi Don,
thanks for your answer. Okay, I should have mentioned the error messages
I get for case 1 and 2 - sorry.
I was just surprised because the following does not give an error
(though I feed with the factor vector):
substr(values,2,3)
[1] bc bc bc cd cd cd de de de
Obviously, the factor
Hi there,
I'm pretty sure that it's written down somewhere but I cannot find it so
far.
The little example shows different approaches to replace a substring.
Only the last one works. I think it has something to do with the fact
that substr is used on the left side. Can anybody refer to an
Read the help page for substr().
It says that the first argument should be a character vector.
The only one that works is the one where you gave it a character vector.
You said only third one works. But you didn't explain what you mean
by works. It's always a good idea on r-help to show both
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