Hi, You can do: vec1<-scan(text="[1] 18 18 17 14 17 13 13 18 13 16 16 14 [1] 12 19 15 21 13 17 10 13 18 14 17 13 [2] 13 15 20 14 18 15 10 12 20 17 17 17",what="character")
as.numeric(vec1[-grep("\\[",vec1)]) # [1] 18 18 17 14 17 13 13 18 13 16 16 14 12 19 15 21 13 17 10 13 18 14 17 13 13 #[26] 15 20 14 18 15 10 12 20 17 17 17 A.K. ----- Original Message ----- From: Naser Jamil <jamilnase...@gmail.com> To: R help <r-help@r-project.org> Cc: Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 4:42 PM Subject: [R] scan in R Dear R-user, May I seek your help over a issue, probably a simple one. I just one to scan the following numbers, avoiding [1]s, [2]. By the way, I know how to scan numbers in the absence of such [1] and [2]. ------------------------------------------------------ [1] 18 18 17 14 17 13 13 18 13 16 16 14 [1] 12 19 15 21 13 17 10 13 18 14 17 13 [2] 13 15 20 14 18 15 10 12 20 17 17 17 ------------------------------------------------------ Any suggestion would be more than great! Regards, Jamil. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________ 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.