Substitute characters of a String in R Programming – chartr() Function

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chartr() function in R Programming Language is used to do string substitutions. It replaces all the matches of the existing characters of a string with the new characters specified as arguments.

Syntax: chartr(old, new, x)

Parameters:

old: old string to be substituted

new: new string

x: target string

Example 1:

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# R program to illustrate
# chartr function
 
# Initializing a string
x <- "Beginner GFG"
 
# Calling the chartr() function
# which will substitute G with Z
# to the above specified string
chartr("G", "Z", x)

Output :

[1] "Zeeks ZFZ"

Example 2:

R

# R program to illustrate
# chartr function
 
# Initializing a string
x <- "w3wiki Beginner"
 
# Calling the chartr() function
# which will substitute G with 1,
# k with 2 and s with 3
# to the above specified string
chartr("Gks", "123", x)

Output:

[1] "1ee23for1ee23 1ee23"

Tags:

#R String-Functions #R-strings #R Language

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