strip.infraspec: Truncation of Species Names
In megaptera: MEGAPhylogeny Techniques in R

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) Examples

Delete infraspecific names and epithets form species names.

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strip.spec(x)

strip.infraspec(x, force.underscore = FALSE)

`x`	a character string
`force.underscore`	logical, if `TRUE`, white space will be replaced by underscore

strip.spec and strip.infraspec try to guess the separating character used; both " " and "_" are possible.

a character string

Christoph Heibl

(name <- "Vipera aspis aspis")
(name2 <- strip.infraspec(name))
(name3 <- strip.spec(name2))

names.set <- c("Vipera aspis aspis",
               "Vipera_aspis_atra")       
sapply(names.set, strip.infraspec)
sapply(names.set, strip.infraspec, force.underscore = TRUE)