All, I am storing a string of email addresses in a table and when I retrieve them using a RODBC statement such as:
test = sqlQuery(xf, "select specialist from roger_sector_specialist")$specialist 'test' is of mode list and includes a bunch of white space. As a work-around I convert 'test' to a character string, split it based on a white space, then take the first element: test = strsplit(as.character(test), " ") emaillist = test[[1]][1] But I am sure there is a better way. I did help.search("trim white space") and R didn't return anything, which I found strange. Any advice? Thanks, Roger ********************************************************************** * This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No right to confidential or privileged treatment of this message is waived or lost by any error in transmission. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender by e-mail, delete the message and all copies from your system and destroy any hard copies. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.