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Asked: 2026-06-17T19:53:24+00:00

I m replacing one text in R using sub. x<-My name is ${name} sub(${name},Tiger,x)

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I m replacing one text in R using sub.

 x<-"My name is ${name}"
 sub("${name}","Tiger",x)

Error Message: 

Error in sub("${name}", "Tiger", x) : 
  invalid regular expression '${name}', reason 'Invalid contents of {}'

Input text has {}, How to fix this error?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Use the fixed=TRUE argument:

    sub("${name}","Tiger",x, fixed=TRUE)
# [1] "My name is Tiger"
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