removing everything after first 'backslash' in a string
问题 I have a vector like below vec <- c("abc\edw\www", "nmn\ggg", "rer\qqq\fdf"......) I want to remove everything after as soon as first slash is encountered, like below newvec <- c("abc","nmn","rer") Thank you. My original vector is as below (only the head) [1] "peoria ave\nste \npeoria" [2] "wood dr\nphoenix" "central ave\nphoenix" [4] "southern ave\nphoenix" [5] "happy valley rd\nste \nglendaleaz " "the americana at brand\n americana way\nglendale" Here the problem is my original csv file