Extract text name from String

Question

I have a column with value as

\"RED LOBSTER CA04606\" or \"Red Lobster NewYork WY245\" n so on

How can I extract just the name Red Lobster or Red Lobster N

Answer 1

Try gsub

> x <- "RED LOBSTER CA04606"
> gsub("\\S*\\d+\\S*",'', x)
[1] "RED LOBSTER "

> x<-"Red Lobster NewYork WY245"
> gsub("\\S*\\d+\\S*",'', x)
[1] "Red Lobster NewYork "

> x<-"Red Lobster NewYork WY245 BLUE LOBSTER CA04606"
> gsub("\\S*\\d+\\S*",'', x)
[1] "Red Lobster NewYork  BLUE LOBSTER "