Remove string from a vector in R

Question

I have a vector that looks like

> inecodes
   [1] \"01001\" \"01002\" \"01049\" \"01003\" \"01006\" \"01037\" \"01008\" \"01004\" \"01009\" \"01010\" \"01         


        

Answer 1

library(stringr)

for(code in inecodes) {
  ix <- which(str_detect(pob, code))
  pob[ix] <- unlist(str_split(pob, "-", 2))[2]
}