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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