Here are a few ways: gsub("[+]", "K", "8.00+00") gsub("\\+", "K", "8.00+00") gsub("+", "K", "8.00+00", fixed = TRUE)
Note that with gsubfn you can replace several at once as it is like gsubfn but can take a replacement translation list: library(gsubfn) gsubfn(".", list("+" = " plus", "0" = " zero"), "8.00+00") # gives this: "8. zero zero plus zero zero" On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Tom La Bone <boo...@gforcecable.com> wrote: > > I know this is easy, but I am stumped: > >> gsub("0","K","8.00+00") > [1] "8.KK+KK" > >> gsub("+","K","8.00+00") > Error in gsub("+", "K", "8.00+00") : invalid regular expression '+' > In addition: Warning message: > In gsub("+", "K", "8.00+00") : > regcomp error: 'Invalid preceding regular expression' > > I don't understand the error message. How do I go about replacing the "+" in > the string "8.00+00" with another character? > > Tom > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Replacing-a-%22%2B%22-in-a-string-tp23655515p23655515.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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.