[R] adding zeroes after old zeroes in a vector ??

[jim holtman]

Not sure how you handle the ending sequence of '0101';  here is one approach:

> x <- "1111111100001111111111110000000001111111111100101"
> gsub("0111", "0000", x)
[1] "1111111100000001111111110000000000001111111100101"
> x
[1] "1111111100001111111111110000000001111111111100101"
>

For the final one, you could do:

> gsub("01..", "0000", x)
[1] "1111111100000001111111110000000000001111111100000"


On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:51 PM, skan <juanpide at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> Imagine I have a vector with ones and zeroes
>
> I write it compactly:
> 1111111100001111111111110000000001111111111100101
>
> I need to get a new vector replacing the "N" ones following the zeroes to
> new zeroes.
>
> For example for N = 3
> 1111111100001111111111110000000001111111111100101  becomes
> 1111111100000001111111110000000000001111111100000
>
> I can do it with a for loop but I've read is not a good practice,  How can I
> do it then?
>
> cheers
>
>
> My vector is a zoo series, indeed, but I guess it doesn't make any
> difference.
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