Re: [R] removing a word, the following space and the next word
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 ", x)
[1] "Mr ate lunch and Mr was tied"
I don't get what the bit
is about. If I do (just)
gsub('(Mr\\.*)\\s+\\w+', "\\1 ", x)
I get the desired result, i.e.
[1] "Mr ate lunch and Mr was tied"
cheers,
Rolf Turner
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Re: [R] removing a word, the following space and the next word
> x <- 'Mr Jones ate lunch and Mr Smith was tied'
> gsub('(Mr\\.*)\\s+\\w+', "\\1 ", x)
[1] "Mr ate lunch and Mr was tied"
>
>
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 2:24 AM, Bob Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> Hello,
>>
>
> I am hoping for advice as to how I could remove all words immediately
> following the words 'Mr' or 'Mr.' in a csv file. For example, the following
> phrases are included in lines of text (along with other Mr) that could be
> anywhere in the file: "Mr Jones ate lunch" and "Mr Smith was tied".
>
>
> I want to remove the words Jones and Smith (etc) leaving the other text
> intact.
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated,
>
> regards
>
>
> Bob
>
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Re: [R] removing a word, the following space and the next word
Hi Bob, I recommend doing some background reading on regular expressions[1] and using gsub(). Cheers Andrew [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expressions On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 04:24:36PM +1000, Bob Green wrote: > > >Hello, > > I am hoping for advice as to how I could remove all words immediately > following the words 'Mr' or 'Mr.' in a csv file. For example, the > following phrases are included in lines of text (along with other Mr) > that could be anywhere in the file: "Mr Jones ate lunch" and "Mr > Smith was tied". > > > I want to remove the words Jones and Smith (etc) leaving the other > text intact. > > Any suggestions are appreciated, > > regards > > > Bob > > __ > 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. -- Andrew Robinson Department of Mathematics and StatisticsTel: +61-3-8344-6410 University of Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia Fax: +61-3-8344-4599 http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~andrewpr http://blogs.mbs.edu/fishing-in-the-bay/ __ 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.
[R] removing a word, the following space and the next word
Hello, I am hoping for advice as to how I could remove all words immediately following the words 'Mr' or 'Mr.' in a csv file. For example, the following phrases are included in lines of text (along with other Mr) that could be anywhere in the file: "Mr Jones ate lunch" and "Mr Smith was tied". I want to remove the words Jones and Smith (etc) leaving the other text intact. Any suggestions are appreciated, regards Bob __ 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.
