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Inserting a character at a particular point in a string using R
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insert_character.R
# To put a particular character _ after the 10th position in a string
gsub('^([a-z]{10})([a-z]+)','\\1_\\2', x)
# or
library(stringr)
str_replace(x, '^([a-z]{10})([a-z]+]','\\1_\\2')
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