or strsplit?
test <-"k0298_7832_8964"
# Split and remove letters
test <- unlist(strsplit(test, "\\_"))
test <- gsub("[a-z]", "", test[1])
# Split on letters and underscore
test <-"k0298_7832_8964"
test <- unlist(strsplit(test, "[a-z]|\\_"))
test[2]
On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 at 18:43 Ben Tupper <btupper at bigelow.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Will substring work for you?
>
> ?substring
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
> > On Feb 18, 2016, at 12:36 PM, Marine Regis <marine.regis at
hotmail.fr>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> >> From this character string:
> >
> > test <-"k0298_7832_8964"
> >
> > how can I obtain:
> >
> > [[1]]
> >
> > "0298"
> >
> > Thank you very much for your help.
> >
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> >
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>
>
>
> Ben Tupper
> Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
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