Abstract
This ebook aims to help you get started with manipulating strings in R. Although there are
a few issues with R about string processing, some of us argue that R can be very well used
for computing with character strings and text. R may not be as rich and diverse as other
scripting languages when it comes to string manipulation, but it can take you very far if you
know how. Hopefully this text will provide you enough material to do more advanced string
and text processing operations.