[R] perl expression question

[Moshe Olshansky]

Hi Mark,

stock<-"/opt/limsrv/mark/research/equity/projects/testDL/stock_data/fhdb/US/BLC.NYSE"
> gsub(".*/([^/]+)$", "\\1",stock)
[1] "BLC.NYSE"



--- On Tue, 23/9/08, markleeds at verizon.net <markleeds at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: markleeds at verizon.net <markleeds at verizon.net>
> Subject: [R] perl expression question
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Received: Tuesday, 23 September, 2008, 10:29 AM
> If I have the string below. does someone know a regular
> expression to 
> just get the "BLC.NYSE". I bought the
> O'Reilley
> book and read it when I can  and I study the solutions on
> the list but 
> I'm still not self sufficient with these things.
> Thanks.
> 
>  
> stock<-"/opt/limsrv/mark/research/equity/projects/testDL/stock_data/fhdb/US/BLC.NYSE"
> 
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