On 23/08/17 18:41, PIKAL Petr wrote:
Hi Rolf

I am not at all an expert in regex but

gsub("[[:alpha:]]","",x)

Works as you expected. Do not ask me why.

Thanks Petr. Stefan Evert's explanation clarified the issue. Which I must say *needed* some clarification!

cheers,

Rolf

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