[R] gsub/strsplit with multiple patterns/splits

[Fabrice Tourre]

 0 and 1 means zero or 1 match.

Want to remove the word "Energy"?
gsub("( Energy){0,1},{0,1} Inc[.]{0,1}", "", DF)

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:45 AM, mdvaan <mathijsdevaan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks! That works like a charm, but I am not sure if I fully understand the
> syntax. I looked at the gsub page but still couldn't figure it out. What
> does the pattern part (",{0,1} Inc[.]{0,1}") do? What do the 0 and 1 within
> the curly brackets refer to? Also, what if, for example, I would want to
> remove the word "Energy"?
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> Math
>
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