find and replace characters in a string

Although I am not an expert, this is simple.

txt<-  "LOI ."
gsub(".","%",txt, fixed=TRUE)

Regards
Petr
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From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
project.org] On Behalf Of Rui Barradas
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 5:17 PM
To: Shane Carey
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] find and replace characters in a string

Hello,

The period is a metacharacter so you have to escape it.
The period is escaped with a '\'. In it's turn, '\' is a metacharacter
so it needs to be escaped. Hence the double'\\'.

x <- "LOI ."
gsub("\\.", "(%)", x)

Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas

Em 27-03-2013 16:09, Shane Carey escreveu:
Hi,

I have a string of text as follows "LOI ."

How do I replace the dot with "(%)"

gsub(".","(%)",LOI .)

gives

"(%)(%)(%)(%)(%)"

Thanks

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