[R] how to remove part of the string

[Rui Barradas]

Hello,

Try

txt <- "LTA4H||Leukotriene A4 hydrolase"
pattern <- "\\|\\|.*$"

gsub(pattern, "", txt)


Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas

Em 06-06-2012 21:45, Bill Hyman escreveu:
> Dear all,
>
> Does any one know how to remove part of the string?
>
> For example, "LTA4H||Leukotriene A4 hydrolase" is a gene name plus gene description. I hope to remove "||Leukotriene A4 hydrolase". What would be the R code to do that using gsub()? Many thanks!
>
> Bill
>
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