There is also the "trim" command in the gdata package. Removes blanks from the front of the string as well which may not be what you want.
Regards JS --- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jim holtman Sent: 27 June 2008 10:27 To: juli pausas Cc: R-help Subject: Re: [R] removing blanks from a string Is this what you want: > x <- c("hola ", "Yes ", "hello ") > gsub(" *$", "", x) [1] "hola" "Yes" "hello" > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:34 AM, juli pausas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > Is there a way to remove blank characters from the end of strings in a > vector? Something like the =TRIM functions of the OpenOffice > spreadsheet. E.g., > a <- c("hola ", "Yes ", "hello ") # I'd like to get: > c("hola", "Yes", "hello") > > Thanks > > Juli > > > -- > http://www.ceam.es/pausas > > ______________________________________________ > 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 Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.
