R: replacing + within string with -

Asked Mar 30 '21 at 10:25

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I have a string:

string1 <- "9876442+123456"

and I would like to replace the + sign with a - sign

string2 <- "9876442-123456"

However when I tried:

string2 <-gsub("+", "-", string1)

I got

"-9-8-7-6-4-4-2-+-1-2-3-4-5-6-"

Thank you for your help

asked Mar 30 '21 at 10:25

adam.888

2

`gsub("\\+", "-", string1)` – Ronak Shah Mar 30 '21 at 10:26
Here is another link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43965949/how-to-replace-using-gsub-function-in-r/43966419#43966419 – PKumar Mar 30 '21 at 10:30
Thank yo so much. – adam.888 Mar 30 '21 at 13:57

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