[R] need help

[arun]

Hi,

For the example you gave, the regex below works:
> txt1<-"my name name name is micky"

> gsub("\\b(\\w+)\\b(\\s+)\\1\\2","",txt1)
[1] "my name is micky"

But, the expression is not a generalized one.
A.K.





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From: shilpa rai <raishilpa.bhu at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:56 AM
Subject: [R] need help

hello
could you help in solving the following problem

I want to replace same consecutive words by a single word in a sentence..

for example --- my name name name is micky
so I want the output like this--my name is micky

I want this solution for a text file

can you tell me the code for it??

thanking you in anticipation

-- 
Shilpa Rai
MSc.(2011-2013)
Applied Statistics and Informatics
Indian Institute of Technology,Bombay

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