[R] Function to eliminate blank space within strings?

[jim holtman]

How much blank space do you want to remove?  all to one, all to none,
leading, trailing?

You can use regular expressions:

> x <- "   my    test     string      "
> # leading
> sub("^ +", "", x)
[1] "my    test     string      "
> # trailing
> sub(" +$", '', x)
[1] "   my    test     string"
> # multiple to one
> gsub(" +", " ", x)
[1] " my test string "
>


On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 4:34 AM, Agustin Lobo<aloboaleu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there an specific function
> to eliminate blank space within
> strings?
> Thanks
> --
> Dr. Agustin Lobo
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Jim Holtman
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