Try this: > library(gsubfn) > s <- "abcdefghijkl"
> strapply(s, "...")[[1]] [1] "abc" "def" "ghi" "jkl" On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:36 AM, J Chen <jiaxuan.c...@mdc-berlin.de> wrote: > > dear all, > > I have some very long strings and would like to break up each long string > into multiple strings with a fixed length, e.g. to break up > > abcdefghijkl > > into > > abc, def, ghi, jkl > > I tried a couple of commands but was not successful. Any help will be > appreciated. > > Best, > Jimmy > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/break-up-a-string-into-strings-with-a-fixed-length-tp25712955p25712955.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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.
