[R] How to remove $ (Dollar sign) from string

[Ivan Calandra]

Hi,

Try with a double back slash:
sub("\\$","","ABC$DEF")

HTH,
Ivan

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Le 10/04/12 13:34, Nevil Amos a écrit :
> How do I remove a "$" character from a string sub() and gsub() with "$" or
> "\$" as pattern do not work.
>> sub("$","","ABC$DEF")
> [1] "ABC$DEF"
>> sub("\$","","ABC$DEF")
> Error: '\$' is an unrecognized escape in character string starting "\$"
>> sub(\$,"","ABC$DEF")
> Error: unexpected input in "sub(\"
>
> Thanks