Remove the letters between two patterns of strings in R

Question

How can I remove the letters between two specific patterns in R?

For instance

a= \"a#g abcdefgtdkfef_jpg>pple\"

I would like to

Answer 1

Adding to the previous replies, if you work with a string that looks like "a#g abcdefgtdkfef_jpg>pple ; #__something_else___jpg>", some of these methods will sub the whole string with an expression like "#.*jpg>", and you will get an empty string as a result. To avoid that, you can use R regex "#[^jpg>]+jpg>" that will allow you to match the pattern more selectively.