[R] gsub difficulty

2008-09-23 Thread Charles Annis, P.E.
Greetings R-ians: I know what doesn’t work but I don’t know why, nor how to remedy things. I have a character string containing . which I want to replace with gsub(., , file.label) replaces the every character with a blank. However gsub(.xls, , file.label) replaces .xls with a blank as

Re: [R] gsub difficulty

2008-09-23 Thread Marc Schwartz
on 09/23/2008 12:16 PM Charles Annis, P.E. wrote: Greetings R-ians: I know what doesn’t work but I don’t know why, nor how to remedy things. I have a character string containing . which I want to replace with gsub(., , file.label) replaces the every character with a blank. However

Re: [R] gsub difficulty

2008-09-23 Thread Charles Annis, P.E.
Thanks! Charles Annis, P.E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 561-352-9699 eFax: 614-455-3265 http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com -Original Message- From: Phil Spector [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:30 PM To: Charles Annis, P.E. Subject: Re: [R] gsub

Re: [R] gsub difficulty

2008-09-23 Thread Charles Annis, P.E.
: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 2:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] gsub difficulty Dear Charles, Phil Spector answered your original question by using two different approaches, but here I'm going again :) x=your.string.is.here gsub([.], ,x) [1] your string is here HTH