[R] Function for trim blanks from a string(s)?

[S Ellison]

Stripping either or both ends can be achieved by the somewhat tortuous but fairly general

stripspace<-function(x) sub("^\\s*([^ ]*.*[^ ])\\s*$", "\\1",x)

which uses a replacement buffer to keep the useful part of the string.

>>> Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> 06/08/2007 21:23:49 >>>
I am sure Marc knows that ?sub has examples of trimming trailing space and 
whitespace in various styles.


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