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 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html