[R] partial matching with grep()

[jim holtman]

Is this what you want:  depends on it occurring at the endo of the string:

> grep("\\.x[^x]*$",c("a.x" ,"b.x","a.xx"),value=TRUE)
[1] "a.x" "b.x"


On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Vito Muggeo (UniPa)
<vito.muggeo at unipa.it> wrote:
> dear all,
> This is a probably a silly question.
> If I type
>> grep("x",c("a.x" ,"b.x","a.xx"),value=TRUE)
> [1] "a.x"  "b.x"  "a.xx"
>
> Instead, I would like to obtain only
> "a.x"  "b.x"
> How is it possible to get this result with grep()?
>
> many thanks for your attention,
> best,
> vito
>
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