NCmisc (version 1.2.0)

rmv.spc: Remove leading and trailing spaces (or other character).

Description

Remove leading and trailing spaces (or other character).

Usage

rmv.spc(str, before = TRUE, after = TRUE, char = " ")

Value

returns vectors without the leading/trailing characters

Arguments

str

character vector, may containing leading or trailing chars

before

logical, whether to remove leading spaces

after

logical, whether to remove trailing spaces

char

an alternative character to be removed instead of spaces

Author

Nicholas Cooper

See Also

spc

Examples

rmv.spc("  mid sentence  ")
rmv.spc("0012300",after=FALSE,char="0")
rmv.spc(" change nothing ",after=FALSE,before=FALSE)