strsplit("1041281__2009_08_20_.lev", split="_")[[1]][1]
HTH, Stephan stephen sefick schrieb:
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,
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