[R] splitting a character vector

[Uwe Ligges]

Erin Hodgess wrote:

> Dear R People:
> 
> Suppose I have the following;
> 
> xa <- c("There are 5 dogs")
> 
> I would like to have a new character vector such that
> xb[1] is There
> xb[2] is are
> xb[3] is 5
> xb[4] is dogs

xb <- unlist(strsplit(xa, " "))

Uwe Ligges



> Since the original vector has length 1, substring will not work.
> 
> Any suggestions would be MOST welcome!
> 
> thanks
> Erin Hodgess
> Associate Professor
> Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
> University of Houston - Downtown
> mailto: hodgess at gator.uhd.edu
> 
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