Thanks, Jim! It is exactly what I want, appreciated!
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:22 AM, jim holtman <jholt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this what you want: > > > test > [1] "H.1.Y" "N.0.E" "G.1.N" "E.0.P" "W.2.G" "W.4.G" "W.3.W" "W.0.N" "D.1.H" > > sub("\\.([0-9]+)\\.", "{\\1}", test) > [1] "H{1}Y" "N{0}E" "G{1}N" "E{0}P" "W{2}G" "W{4}G" "W{3}W" "W{0}N" "D{1}H" > > > > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Changbin Du <changb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > HI, Dear R-community, > > > > I have one vector of the following string, > > > >> test<-c("H.1.Y", "N.0.E", "G.1.N", "E.0.P", "W.2.G", "W.4.G", "W.3.W", > > "W.0.N", "D.1.H") > >> test > > [1] "H.1.Y" "N.0.E" "G.1.N" "E.0.P" "W.2.G" "W.4.G" "W.3.W" "W.0.N" > "D.1.H" > > > > *I want to change them into* > > > > "H{1}Y" "N{0}E" "G{1}N" "W{2}G" "E{0}P" "W{4}G" "W{3}W" "W{0}N" "D{1}H" > > > > > > I tried the following codes: > > > >> new_t<-gsub(".?.", "{?}", test) > >> new_t > > [1] "{?}{?}{?}" "{?}{?}{?}" "{?}{?}{?}" "{?}{?}{?}" "{?}{?}{?}" > "{?}{?}{?}" > > [7] "{?}{?}{?}" "{?}{?}{?}" "{?}{?}{?}" > > > >> new_t<-gsub(".N.", "{N}", test) > >> new_t > > [1] "H.1.Y" "N.0.E" "G.1.N" "E.0.P" "W.2.G" "W.4.G" "W.3.W" "W.0.N" > "D.1.H" > > > >> new_t<-gsub(".*.", "{*}", test) > >> new_t > > [1] "{*}" "{*}" "{*}" "{*}" "{*}" "{*}" "{*}" "{*}" "{*}" > > > > > > Can anyone help me with this? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > Changbin > > -- > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > > -- > Jim Holtman > Data Munger Guru > > What is the problem that you are trying to solve? > -- Sincerely, Changbin -- Changbin Du DOE Joint Genome Institute [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.