[R] gsub does not support \b?

[Uwe Ligges]

Tan, Richard wrote:
> Hello, can someone help?  How come
>  
>>     gsub("\bINDS\b","INDUSTRIES","ADVANCED ENERGY INDS")
> [1] "ADVANCED ENERGY INDS"


It does, but you need to escape it:

  gsub("\\bINDS\\b","INDUSTRIES","ADVANCED ENERGY INDS")

Uwe Ligges




> not ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES
>  
> Thanks.
> Richard
> 
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