Here is another approach:
> x <- "\"$ 1,200,300,400.50\""
> x
[1] "\"$ 1,200,300,400.50\""
> gsub("[,$ \"]", "", x)
[1] "1200300400.50"
> as.numeric(gsub("[,$ \"]", "", x))
[1] 1200300401
>
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Mauricio Cornejo
<mauriciocorn...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> x <- "\"$ 1,200,300,400.50\""
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Jim Holtman
Data Munger Guru
What is the problem that you are trying to solve?
Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it.
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