[R] ?replace characters within vector data

[Gabor Grothendieck]

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On 7/5/07, Alexander.Herr at csiro.au <Alexander.Herr at csiro.au> wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I want  replace characters within a vector. Outside R I could use sed,
> but I'd like to automate it in R. For example
>
> vectorx
> xxxyyz
> xxxyyza
> xxxyyzzb
>
> I want to change to:
>
> vectorx
> aaayyz
> aaayyza
> aaayyzzb
>
> The obvious replace command only deals with whole data entries?
> Any hints would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Herry
>
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