[R] Is it possible to get the first letter of a word?

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

you could use substr(), e.g.,

x <- c("asf", "dfds", "fdfdf dfd", "ehf rf ngfjvf", "gfg ")
substr(x, 1, 1)


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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Dimitris Rizopoulos
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Biostatistical Centre
School of Public Health
Catholic University of Leuven

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From: "Navarre Sabine" <navarre_sabine at yahoo.fr>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 4:42 PM
Subject: [R] Is it possible to get the first letter of a word?


> Hi,
> I would to get the first letter of a word like:
>
>> title_cat
>       TitleCat
> 1     Training
>
> I would like T from Training!
>
> Thnaks a lot for your help
>
> Sabine
>
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