Is there an equivalent of strip() from python in R?

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I have some data that was inputed by researchers with unwanted spaces so for example "Sample 1" is inputed as "Sample 1 " and it is messing with my ability to call it a factor. In python I would use strip but I can't seem to find an equivalent R function. Any ideas?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2261079/how-to-trim-leading-and-trailing-whitespace-in-r — rawr, Jun 29 '17 at 18:20

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 29 '17 at 18:21

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trimws from the base package may be what you are looking for.

samples = c('Sample 1', 'Sample 1 ')
trimws(samples)
[1] "Sample 1" "Sample 1"

You can also apply it over a data.frame:

dat$samples <- trimws(dat$samples)

answered Jun 29 '17 at 18:21

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Exactly what I wanted Thank you – Alex Chitsazan Jun 29 '17 at 18:27

Is there an equivalent of strip() from python in R?

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