Re: [R] Split a character string with two separators

or strsplit? test <-"k0298_7832_8964" # Split and remove letters test <- unlist(strsplit(test, "\\_")) test <- gsub("[a-z]", "", test[1]) # Split on letters and underscore test <-"k0298_7832_8964" test <- unlist(strsplit(test, "[a-z]|\\_")) test[2] On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 at 18:43 Ben Tupper wrot

Re: [R] Split a character string with two separators

Hi, Will substring work for you? ?substring Cheers, Ben > On Feb 18, 2016, at 12:36 PM, Marine Regis wrote: > > Hello, > >> From this character string: > > test <-"k0298_7832_8964" > > how can I obtain: > > [[1]] > > "0298" > > Thank you very much for your help. > > [[alternati