Hi,
Try this:
dat1<-readLines(textConnection(
?"ID Name Fav_Place
?101 Andrew? Phoenix,AZ
?201 John SanFrancisco
?303 Julie California/New York
?304 Monica? New York"))
?gsub("Phoenix","Tucson",gsub("New York","New York City",dat1))
#[1] "ID Name Fav_Place"????????????????? "101 Andrew? Tucson,AZ"????????????
#[3] "201 John SanFrancisco"????????????? "303 Julie California/New York City"
#[5] "304 Monica? New York City"
A.K.
----- Original Message -----
From: Sapana Lohani <lohani.sapana at ymail.com>
To: R help <r-help at r-project.org>
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Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 7:47 PM
Subject: [R] find and replace
Hi,
My data frame (Students) is
ID Name Fav_Place
101 Andrew? Phoenix AZ
201 John San Francisco
303 JulieCalifornia / New York
304 Monica? New York
How can I replace Phoenix with Tucson & New York with New York City in the df?
Thanks
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