Will this do it for you:
x <- c('asdfasdf', 'sadfasdf/:/', 'sadf', 'asdf/:/')
sub("/:/$", '', x)
[1] "asdfasdf" "sadfasdf" "sadf" "asdf" On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Bert Jacobs
<bert.jacobs at figurestofacts.be> wrote:
Hi, I would like to replace the last tree characters of the values of a certain column in a dataframe. This replacement should only take place if the last three characters correspond to the value "/:/" and they should be replaced with ""(blank) I cannot perform a simple gsub because the characters /:/ might also be present somewhere else in the string values and then they should not be replaced. Could someone help me out on this one? Thx Bert ? ? ? ?[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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