Try this: gsub("__.*", "", "1041281__2009_08_20_.lev")
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:50 PM, stephen sefick <ssef...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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