hi, everyone: i have a data frame with one single character column as followings: DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_1 DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_2 DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_3 DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_4 DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_1 DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_2 DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_3 DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_4 DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_1
i need to parse out the time part like the followings: name time DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_1 24hr DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_2 24hr DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_3 24hr DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_4 24hr DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_1 24hr DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_2 24hr DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_3 24hr DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_4 24hr DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_1 24hr what function should I look at? i have tried: strsplit(data, '_') and get a giant list which is not what i need. thanks in advance -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/how-to-parse-out-string-separated-by-special-character-tp2246301p2246301.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.
