How to remove single quote from a string in R?

Question

In a data frame I have text like ``` "X1" "X2" "1" 53 "'all.downtown@enron.com'" "2" 54 "'all.enron-worldwide@enron.com'" "3" 55 "'all.worldwide@enron.com'" "4" 56 "'all_enron_north.america@enron.com'" ``` How do I remove the single quotes from the string in 2nd column?

Accepted Answer

To replace text, use (`g`)`sub`:

```
result <- gsub("'", '', yourString)
```

The function is vectorised so you can apply it directly to your data frame without the need for a loop or an `apply`:

```
df$X2 <- gsub("'", '', df$X2)
```

How to remove single quote from a string in R?

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