[R] gsub patterns from vector elements w/out loop?

[Marianne Promberger]

> > gsub(paste(x, collapse = "|"), "something else", y)
> [1] "something else blah" "something else blah" "something else blah"
> [4] "something else blah"

Many thanks! I didn't know about "collapse". Should have thought about
reading up in ?paste ...

Thanks

Marianne

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