[R] Eliminating numbers, period, and space from a string

[Boris Steipe]

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gsub("[^A-Za-z]", "", <string>)



> On Apr 10, 2017, at 7:11 PM, Olu Ola via R-help <r-help at r-project.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,I have a column of my data of the Following format
> 10. Arnold125. Jessica1. Romeo117. Juliet
> I need to eliminate the numbers, period, and the space before the names so that I have the following:
> ArnoldJessicaRomeoJuliet
> I tried using the gsub function but my code came up with errors.
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Thank you.
> 
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