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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