> x <- "1041281__2009_08_20_.lev" > strsplit(x, '_')[[1]][1] [1] "1041281"
> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org > [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of stephen sefick > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:51 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] splitting a string up > > x <- "1041281__2009_08_20_.lev" > > I would like to split this string up and only extract the > leading numbers. > > 1041281 > > to use as a label for a data column in a bigger for loop > function to read in data. > regards, > > -- > Stephen Sefick > > Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things > that are so little or so large that all they really do for us > is puff us up and make us feel like gods. We are mammals, > and have not exhausted the annoying little problems of being mammals. > > > -K. Mullis > > ______________________________________________ > 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.
