R Deleting All White Space in Character String (Example Code)

This tutorial shows how to delete white space from a character string in the R programming language.

Creation of Example Data

my_string <- " X XX X   XXXX X XX   "    # Creating example character string
my_string                                # Returning example character string
# [1] " X XX X   XXXX X XX   "

Example: Apply gsub() Function to Delete All White Space from Character String

gsub(" ", "", my_string)                 # Using gsub() function in R
# [1] "XXXXXXXXXXX"

Related Articles & Further Resources

Have a look at the following R tutorials. They explain topics such as character strings, data conversion, and extracting data.

• Extract Rows where Data Frame Column Partially Matches Character String
• Display Character String in Separate Newlines
• Remove Punctuation & Non-Alphanumeric Characters from String
• How to Locate the Position of a Character in a String
• Convert Data Frame to Uppercase – All Character String Columns