Re: [R] determining the difference between 2 character strings

On Jan 15, 2012, at 3:28 AM, Philip Robinson wrote: > Hi, > > I am struggling, I have 2 lists with shared elements, one ~600, one > ~1000, and I need to determine the difference between them. > > They are character strings, and to use setdiff(), or unique() I need > vectors. You can have ch

[R] determining the difference between 2 character strings

Hi, I am struggling, I have 2 lists with shared elements, one ~600, one ~1000, and I need to determine the difference between them. They are character strings, and to use setdiff(), or unique() I need vectors. I don't know how to force these character strings into a form where you can use functio