Ok thanks
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 03/04/2013 11:01 AM, Shane Carey wrote: > >> Hi, >> How do I write a superscript within gsub? >> >> I have the following: gsub("_mgkg",expression(paste(**"mg >> kg"^{-1})),names[1]) >> >> > gsub() doesn't work with expressions, it works with character strings. > You're going to need to split your string into parts before and after the > "_mgkg" string, and then put it together again as an expression. > > Duncan Murdoch > -- Shane [[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.