try this:
> x <- "p-value = 0.0765"
> sig <- as.numeric(sub(".*=(.*)", "\\1", x))
>
> sig
[1] 0.0765
>
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Lívio Cipriano <lcmail4li...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm writing some R scripts and I would like to grab outputs from R
> functions
> to control if tests. Example, one function outputs something like "p-vale =
> 0.0765" and I want to program the following pseudo code in R
>
> sig = grep pvalue
>
> if (sig > 0.05)
> a()
> else
> b()
>
> Should I use the grep function of R (
> http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/grep.html
> ) or is there other easy way to do it?
>
> Regards
>
> Lívio Cipriano
>
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