On 21/09/2008, at 5:15 AM, jim holtman wrote:

x <- 'Mr Jones ate lunch and Mr Smith was tied'
gsub('(Mr\\.*)\\s+\\w+', "\\1 <file://0.0.0.1/> xxxx", x)
[1] "Mr xxxx ate lunch and Mr xxxx was tied"

I don't get what the bit

        <file://0.0.0.1/>

is about.  If I do (just)

        gsub('(Mr\\.*)\\s+\\w+', "\\1 xxxx", x)

I get the desired result, i.e.


[1] "Mr xxxx ate lunch and Mr xxxx was tied"

        cheers,

                Rolf Turner


        

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