x<- "`Year_Month)201103`" gsub("[`]","",x) #[1] "Year_Month)201103" A.K.
----- Original Message ----- From: Tammy Ma <metal_lical...@live.com> To: "r-help@r-project.org" <r-help@r-project.org> Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 4:23 AM Subject: [R] how to change "`Year_Month)201103`" into "Year_Month)201103" using R? HI, I have the pattern like "`Year_Month)201103`" I want to delete single quotes within double quetes. I want to change it into "Year_Month)201103" , how to do it in r? Thanks a lot. Tammy [[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. ______________________________________________ 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.