[R] turning labels into a vector

[Simon Blomberg]

Try WBS.labs <- as.vector(WBS)
WBS.labs[1]
substr(WBS.labs[1],1,1)
etc..

Cheers,

Simon.



>Hello
>
>
>1/ 'priors' is a table looking like:
>
>"W123" "T678" "S789"
>   23          42       11
>   12          35         9
>etc
>
>2/ WBS <- labels(priors) gives me a result of class list and length 
>1 looking like:
>
>"W123" "T678" "S789"
>
>
>
>I want to read W123 into X[1] as W, T687 into X[2] as T and S789 
>into X[3] as S using substr(X[1],1,1) but I'm having trouble 
>extracting each group of 4 digits from WBS
>
>Any help would be gratefully accepted.
>
>thanks
>Meredith
>
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