Try this: str <- " 1975 01 7711.16"
# Find the position of the space in string gregexpr("[[:space:]]", str) # Remove the space gsub("[[:space:]]", "", str) On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Megh Dal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have following > > " 1975 01 7711.16" > > Here I need to identify where the <space> is there and then concatenate > rest of the digits without <space>, i.e. I want to have "1975017711.16". Is > there any R function? > > Regards, > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O [[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.