Try this: library(gsubfn) strapply(x, "\\d+", as.numeric, simplify = rbind)
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Alon Honig <honey...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a vector with a long list of sentences that contain integers. I > would like to extract the integers in a manner such that they are > separate and manipulatable. for example: > x[i] <- "sally has 20 dollars in her pocket and 3 marbles" > x[i+1] <- "30 days ago john had a 400k house" > > all sentences are different and contain a mixture of both integers and > characters. > > i would like to get a conditional matrix such that: > > y[i,j] <- 20 y[i,j+1] <- 3 > y[i+1,j] <- 30 y[i+1,j+1] <- 400 > > based on some criteria (i.e. order, string length, keyword, etc...) > the integers are sorted. > > > most of my trouble is with finding the correct way to use gsub() or > strsplit() such that the strings are integers that can be inputed into > a matrix. > > thanks. > > ______________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________ 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.
