[R] How to replace 'star (*)' with blank space?

[Uwe Ligges]

gsub("\\*", " ",x)

should do. Please read about regular expression as used by gsub().

Uwe Ligges


On 20.04.2011 12:00, Ruby Chu wrote:
> Hi There
>
> I'm not very sure how to replace the stars in a character vector
>
> For example:
>
> a character vector (n rows by 1 col)
>
> [1] "-27  -21  -25    -28****  *****  -29"
> [2] "-27  ********     -28****  *****  -29"
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> [n] "-1***********************************"
>
> I wish to replace all the *s with a blank, result as per below
>
> [1] "-27  -21  -25    -28               -29"
> [2] "-27                 -28               -29"
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> [n] "-1                                            "
>
> I have tried to use gsub( )
> like: gsub("*", "", x)
> but doesn't seem to be working...please advise
>
> Thank you
>
> Ruby
>
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