Please define "does not work". Here's what I get:
m <- matrix(paste(letters[1:4], "does not work."), 2, 2) m
[,1] [,2] [1,] "a does not work." "c does not work." [2,] "b does not work." "d does not work."
gsub("does not work.", "", m)
[1] "a " "b " "c " "d "
structure(gsub("does not work.", "", m), dim=dim(m))
[,1] [,2] [1,] "a " "c " [2,] "b " "d " R-2.1.0 on WinXPPro. Andy
From: Werner Wernersen Hi! I have strings where occasionally some "-chars occur. How can I delete these chars? I tried it with gsub but using "" as replace does not work. Thanks a lot for any hint! Regards, Werner
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