Hi,
For the example you gave, the regex below works:
> txt1<-"my name name name is micky"
> gsub("\\b(\\w+)\\b(\\s+)\\1\\2","",txt1)
[1] "my name is micky"
But, the expression is not a generalized one.
A.K.
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From: shilpa rai <raishilpa....@gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:56 AM
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hello
could you help in solving the following problem
I want to replace same consecutive words by a single word in a sentence..
for example --- my name name name is micky
so I want the output like this--my name is micky
I want this solution for a text file
can you tell me the code for it??
thanking you in anticipation
--
Shilpa Rai
MSc.(2011-2013)
Applied Statistics and Informatics
Indian Institute of Technology,Bombay
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