gsub0: Gsub with empty replacement
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gsub0

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Gsub with empty replacement

Gsub with empty replacement.

gsub0(
  pattern,
  x,
  replacement = "",
  ignore.case = FALSE,
  perl = FALSE,
  fixed = FALSE,
  useBytes = FALSE
)

`pattern`	character string containing a regular expression (or character string for `fixed = TRUE`) to be matched in the given character vector. Coerced by `as.character` to a character string if possible. If a character vector of length 2 or more is supplied, the first element is used with a warning. Missing values are allowed except for `regexpr`, `gregexpr` and `regexec`.
`x`	character vector where matches are sought or an object which can be coerced by `as.character` to a character vector.
`replacement`	a replacement for matched pattern in `sub` and `gsub`. Coerced to character if possible. For `fixed = FALSE` this can include backreferences `"\1"` to `"\9"` to parenthesized subexpressions of `pattern`. For `perl = TRUE` only, it can also contain `"\U"` or `"\L"` to convert the rest of the replacement to upper or lower case and `"\E"` to end case conversion. If a character vector of length 2 or more is supplied, the first element is used with a warning. If `NA`, all elements in the result corresponding to matches will be set to `NA`.
`ignore.case`	if `FALSE`, the pattern matching is case sensitive and if `TRUE`, case is ignored during matching.
`perl`	logical. Should Perl-compatible regexps be used?
`fixed`	logical. If `TRUE`, `pattern` is a string to be matched as is. Overrides all conflicting arguments.
`useBytes`	logical. If `TRUE` the matching is done byte-by-byte rather than character-by-character. See ‘Details’.