regex - Escaped Periods In R Regular Expressions -
regex - Escaped Periods In R Regular Expressions -
unless missing something, regex seems pretty straightforward:
grepl("processor\.[0-9]+\..*processor\.time", names(web02))
however, doesn't escaped periods, \.
intent literal period:
error: '\.' unrecognized escape in character string starting "processor\."
what misunderstanding regex syntax?
my r-fu weak point of beingness non-existent think know what's up.
the string handling part of r processor has peek within strings convert \n
, related escape sequences character equivalents. r doesn't know \.
means complains. want escaped dot downwards regex engine need single \
past string mangler. usual way of doing sort of thing escape escape:
grepl("processor\\.[0-9]+\\..*processor\\.time", names(web02))
embedding 1 language (regular expressions) within language (r) bit messy , more when both languages utilize same escaping syntax.
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