Ok, I figured it out.  My stupid mistake, should be \\b instead of \b.

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From: Tan, Richard 
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 3:36 PM
To: 'r-help@r-project.org'
Subject: gsub does not support \b?


Hello, can someone help?  How come

>     gsub("\bINDS\b","INDUSTRIES","ADVANCED ENERGY INDS")
[1] "ADVANCED ENERGY INDS"

not ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES

Thanks.
Richard

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