Hi Folks, Is there a way to find "x1 + x2 + x3" given "x1 + x3" as the pattern? Or is that a ridiculous question, since I'm trying to find something based on a pattern that doesn't exist?
test <- c("x1", "x2", "x3", "x1 + x2 + x3") test [1] "x1" "x2" "x3" "x1 + x2 + x3" grep("x1 + x2", test, fixed=TRUE, value = TRUE) [1] "x1 + x2 + x3" But what if only have "x1 + x3" as the pattern and still want to return "x1 + x2 + x3"? grep("x1 + x3", test, fixed=TRUE, value = TRUE) character(0) I'm sure this looks like an odd question. I'm trying to build a function and stuck on this. Rather than dropping the whole function on the list, I thought I'd try one piece I needed help with...although I suspect that this question itself probably does bode well for my function :) Thanks! Joe ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.