Try this: sapply(strsplit(as.character(Var$Var), "\\|"), length)
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Kunzler, Andreas <a.kunz...@bzaek.de>wrote: > Dear list, > > I'm looking for a way to count the number of "|" within an object. > The character "|" is used to separated ids. > > Assume a data (d) structure like > > Var > NA > NA > NA > NA > NA > 1 > 1|2 > 1|22|45 > 3 > 4b|24789 > > I need to know the maximum number of ids within one object. In this case 3 > (1|22|45) > > > Does anybody know a better way? > > Thanks > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen > > Andreas Kunzler > ____________________________ > Bundeszahnärztekammer (BZÄK) > Chausseestraße 13 > 10115 Berlin > > Tel.: 030 40005-113 > Fax: 030 40005-119 > > E-Mail: a.kunz...@bzaek.de > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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