[R] Split

[jim holtman]

Assuming that this data is character, then this will work: (it removes
the last period in the string)

> x <- scan('clipboard', what='')
Read 4 items
> x
[1] "1234." "2345." "3435." "4343."
> sub("\\.$", "", x)
[1] "1234" "2345" "3435" "4343"
>


On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Kris Ghosh <mathkris at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have data in the form of a column such as
> 1234.
> 2345.
> 3435.
> 4343.
> I want to have the data in this form ..i.e to remove the "dot" at the
> end of each number above.
> 1234
> 2345
> 3435
> 4343
>
> I am trying to use split but it is not working. Any suggestions?
>
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