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  1. col <- c("WBU-ARGU*06:03:04","WBU-ARDU*08:01:01","WBU-ARFU*11:03:05","WBU-ARFU*03:456")
  2. sub("^(.*?:\\d+).*", "\\1", col, perl=TRUE)
Success #stdin #stdout 0.23s 39392KB
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[1] "WBU-ARGU*06:03"  "WBU-ARDU*08:01"  "WBU-ARFU*11:03"  "WBU-ARFU*03:456"
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