Hello,
Try
s <- c( "colone..xx.","coltwo.ft..rr.","colthree.gh..az.","colfour.DG..lm.")
sub("\\.{2,}.*$", "", s)
#[1] "colone" "coltwo.ft" "colthree.gh" "colfour.DG"
Às 09:00 de 28/06/19, lionel sicot via R-help escreveu:
c( "colone..xx.","coltwo.ft..rr.","colthree.gh..az.","colfour.DG..lm.")
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