[R] replace last 3 characters of string

[jim holtman]

Will this do it for you:

> x <- c('asdfasdf', 'sadfasdf/:/', 'sadf', 'asdf/:/')
> sub("/:/$", '', x)
[1] "asdfasdf" "sadfasdf" "sadf"     "asdf"

On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Bert Jacobs
<bert.jacobs at figurestofacts.be> wrote:
> Hi,
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> I would like to replace the last tree characters of the values of a certain
> column in a dataframe.
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> This replacement should only take place if the last three characters
> correspond to the value "/:/" and they should be replaced with ""(blank)
>
> I cannot perform a simple gsub because the characters /:/ might also be
> present somewhere else in the string values and then they should not be
> replaced.
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> Could someone help me out on this one?
>
> Thx
>
> Bert
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Jim Holtman
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