> x <- "abcdefghijkl"
> ?regexpr
starting httpd help server ... done
> regexpr('cd', x)
[1] 3
attr(,"match.length")
[1] 2
>On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Santosh Srinivas <santosh.srini...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to find the function where I can search for a pattern in a > text string (I thought I could use grep for this but no :(). > >> x > [1] "abcdefghijkl" > > I want to find the positions (i.e. equivalent of nchar) for "cd" and > in case there are multiple hits .. then the results as a array > > Thank you. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Jim Holtman Data Munger Guru What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.
