[R] trim function in R

[Gesmann, Markus]

See ?substr and ?nchar
Try:
substr("Hello World", 0, nchar("Hello World")-2)

Regards

Markus Gesmann
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-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Wade Wall
Sent: 24 July 2006 14:42
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R] trim function in R


Hi all,
I am looking for a function in R to trim the last two characters of an
8 character string in a vector.  For example, I have the codes
37-079-2, 370079-3,37-079-8 and want to trim them to 37-079 by
removing the last two characters.  Is sub the correct function to use,
and if so how can I specify trimming the last 2 characters?  I have
read the help file, but can't quite figure out how to do it.
Thanks,
Wade

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