The correct answer is: A. gsub is used for fixing character vectors.

gsub is a function in R that is used to replace all occurrences of a specified character or string with another character or string. It is a powerful tool that can be used to clean and manipulate data.

sub is another function in R that is used to find and replace characters or strings. However, it is not as powerful as gsub and is not typically used for fixing character vectors.

grep is a function in R that is used to search for lines in a text file that match a specified pattern. It is not typically used for fixing character vectors.

Here is an example of how gsub can be used to fix a character vector:

“`
x <- c(“This is a test”, “This is another test”)
gsub(“test”, “example”, x)

[1] “This is an example” “This is another example”

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In this example, the gsub function was used to replace all occurrences of the word “test” with the word “example”. The result is a character vector with the words “This is an example” and “This is another example”.

Here is an example of how sub can be used to find and replace characters or strings:

“`
x <- c(“This is a test”, “This is another test”)
sub(“t”, “T”, x)

[1] “This is a TEst” “This is another TEst”

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In this example, the sub function was used to find and replace all occurrences of the letter “t” with the letter “T”. The result is a character vector with the words “This is a TEst” and “This is another TEst”.

Here is an example of how grep can be used to search for lines in a text file that match a specified pattern:

“`
grep(“test”, “test.txt”)

[1] 1 2

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In this example, the grep function was used to search for lines in the text file “test.txt” that match the pattern “test”. The result is a vector with the indices of the lines that match the pattern.