Hello,
Try this:
string = "\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"compliment-count profile\">11</span>"
gsub(".*(11).*","\\1",string)
#[1] "11"
A.K.
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From: Shelby McIntyre <[email protected]>
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Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 8:19 PM
Subject: [R] How can I parse this string to extract just the number 11?
Below is the string to parse and return the embedded number = "11"
string = "\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"compliment-count profile\">11</span>"
On Jul 29, 2012, at 3:00 AM, [email protected] wrote:
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