Hi > dput(bbb) c("02.06.10 12:40 ", "02.06.10 12:00 ", "02.06.10 11:00 ", "02.06.10 10:00 ", "02.06.10 09:00 ", "02.06.10 08:00 ", "02.06.10 07:00 ", "02.06.10 06:00 ", "02.06.10 05:00 ", "02.06.10 04:00 ", "02.06.10 03:00 ", "02.06.10 02:00 ", "02.06.10 01:00 ", "02.06.10 00:00 ", "01.06.10 23:00 ", "01.06.10 22:00 ", "01.06.10 21:00 ", "01.06.10 20:00 ", "01.06.10 19:00 ", "01.06.10 18:00 ", "01.06.10 17:00 ", "01.06.10 16:00 ", "01.06.10 15:00 ", "01.06.10 14:00 ", "01.06.10 13:00 ", "01.06.10 05:00 ", "31.05.10 05:00 ", "30.05.10 05:00 ", "29.05.10 05:00 ", "28.05.10 05:00 ", "27.05.10 05:00 ") >
For simplicity I change the name and put it to single variable. I also reinstalled R to recent R-devel > sub('\\w+$', '', bbb[1]) [1] "02.06.10 12:40 " > sub('[:space:]', '', bbb[1]) [1] "02.06.10 1240 " > I also tried Matt's suggestion but it did not help. Regards Petr Joris Meys <jorism...@gmail.com> napsal dne 02.06.2010 14:35:19: > Could you provide us with dput(becva$V1[1])? > Cheers > Joris > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Petr PIKAL <petr.pi...@precheza.cz> wrote: > Dear all > > I encountered strange problem with regexpr replacement > > I made this character object > > str <- "02.06.10 12:40 " > > > str(str) > chr "02.06.10 12:40 " > > I read in an object which seems to be quite similar > > > str(as.character(becva$V1)[1]) > chr "02.06.10 12:40 " > > However I can not remove trailing spaces from it > > > sub(' +$', '', as.character(becva$V1[1])) > > [1] "02.06.10 12:40 " > > sub(' +$', '', str) > [1] "02.06.10 12:40" > > > > Do somebody have an idea what to do? > > $version.string > [1] "R version 2.12.0 Under development (unstable) (2010-04-25 r51820)" > > on Windows > > Regards > Petr > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > > > -- > Joris Meys > Statistical Consultant > > Ghent University > Faculty of Bioscience Engineering > Department of Applied mathematics, biometrics and process control > > Coupure Links 653 > B-9000 Gent > > tel : +32 9 264 59 87 > joris.m...@ugent.be > ------------------------------- > Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php ______________________________________________ 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.