[R] Turning a string into a real vector

I have the following string input: input <- "ACC,1.1,2.2,3.3,4.4\nACC,2.2,3,4,5\nADN,3.3,4,5\nACC,4.4,5.5,6.6,7.7\nADN,5.5,6,7\n" Note that \n is a real line feed in the data and the numbers are all made up and might be other values. The key is that the first number is a float, the ACC packets ar

Re: [R] Turning a string into a real vector

Hi If I use your code: grep ("ACC", input, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE) #[1] "ACC,1.1,2.2,3.3,4.4\nACC,2.2,3,4,5\nADN,3.3,4,5\nACC,4.4,5.5,6.6,7.7\nADN,5.5,6,7\n" Seems like you forgot one line of code: with ?strsplit() vec1<- grep("ACC",strsplit(input,"\n")[[1]],FALSE,FALSE,TRUE) vec1 #[1] "ACC,1.1,2.2,

Re: [R] Turning a string into a real vector

Thank you. I was doing a strsplit and forgot to include it in my post. What was confusing me is that the result doesn't look like a vector. I guess it actually is. I will try writing it out and see if I get what I want from it. Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble