[R] Checking dates for entry errors

Thomas Mang thomasmang.ng at gmail.com
Tue Jan 17 14:02:15 CET 2012


On 1/11/2012 11:07 PM, Paul Miller wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have a question about how best to check dates for entry errors.

Try using regular expression matching and the functions grep, strsplit, 
regexpr etc.
If you are not familiar with regex: bit a bumpy road of getting into it 
but in the long term definitely worth the effort !

cheers



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