Remove First Character(s)

Deletes the first n character(s) of a character object.

Usage

rm1stchar(x, n = 1)

Arguments

x

Character, e.g, each element may represent the name of a single gauging station.

n

numeric, indicating the number of characters that have to be removed from the beginning of x

Value

character object of the same length as x.

Author

Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini, mzb.devel@gmail

See also

substr

Examples

## Loading the monthly time series of precipitation within the Ebro River basin.
data(EbroPPtsMonthly)

# Getting the name of each gauging station.
names <- colnames(EbroPPtsMonthly)

# Removing the initial letter 'P' of the name of each gauging station.
rm1stchar(names)