If you want a matrix, then just create one from the data you have:
mydata <- matrix(strsplit(x, '\t')[[1]], nrow=1)
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Kevin Burnham <kburnham at gmail.com>
wrote:> Would somebody please help me break this row:
>
> "Main Group\t1000\tMP Test\tMP Test, 1\tAudio (1, f1-qaddara.aiff)\tl
> (target is right word)\tl\tPressed\tl (target is right
> word)\tC\t3111\t\t\t\t\t"
>
> into multiple columns along the \t separator?
>
> When I try the strsplit (x,"\t") command I get:
>
> [[1]]
> ?[1] "Main Group" ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? "1000" ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? "MP
> Test" ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?"MP Test, 1" ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
"Audio (1,
> f1-qaddara.aiff)"
> ?[6] "l (target is right word)" ? "l"
> "Pressed" ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?"l (target is right word)"
> "C"
> [11] "3111" ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ""
> "" ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? "" ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ""
>
> Which which is closer to what I need, but still not in columns.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
>
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