Hi R Users, Simple question: How might I convert the text "a, b, c" (or for that matter "a b c" with any delimiter - space, comma, etc.) into a 3-element character vector? [1] a b c Thanks, Brad
On 3/31/2008 9:43 AM, Brad Christoffersen wrote:> Hi R Users, > > Simple question: How might I convert the text "a, b, c" (or for that matter "a > b c" with any delimiter - space, comma, etc.) into a 3-element character > vector? > > [1] a b c > > Thanks, > Bradunlist(strsplit("a b c", split=" ")) [1] "a" "b" "c" unlist(strsplit("a, b, c", split=", ")) [1] "a" "b" "c" ?strsplit> ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- Chuck Cleland, Ph.D. NDRI, Inc. (www.ndri.org) 71 West 23rd Street, 8th floor New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 845-4495 (Tu, Th) tel: (732) 512-0171 (M, W, F) fax: (917) 438-0894
Or:
scan(textConnection("a, b, c"), what="character",
sep=",")
On 31/03/2008, Brad Christoffersen <bchristo at email.arizona.edu>
wrote:> Hi R Users,
>
> Simple question: How might I convert the text "a, b, c" (or for
that matter "a
> b c" with any delimiter - space, comma, etc.) into a 3-element
character
> vector?
>
> [1] a b c
>
> Thanks,
> Brad
>
> ______________________________________________
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> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
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