[R] strsplit and sapply

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

check this:

TEXT <- c("a", "bb;ccc", "dddd;eeeee;ffffff")
SPLIT <- strsplit(TEXT, ";")
sapply(SPLIT, "[", 1)


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Fisher" <fisher at plessthan.com>
To: <r-help at r-project.org>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 1:12 PM
Subject: [R] strsplit and sapply


> Colleagues,
>
> I have some text:
> TEXT <- c("a", "bb;ccc", "dddd;eeeee;ffffff")
>
> I want to retrieve the portion of each element before the first
> semicolon.  I can split each element using strsplit:
>
> SPLIT <- strsplit(TEXT, ";")
>
> This yields:
> > SPLIT
> [[1]]
> [1] "a"
>
> [[2]]
> [1] "bb"  "ccc"
>
> [[3]]
> [1] "dddd"   "eeeee"  "ffffff"
>
> Now I need to access the [1] portions of [[n]] - ("a", "bb",
> "dddd").  I suspect that sapply is the correct tool here but the
> syntax eludes me.  Can anyone direct me to the correct syntax?
>
> Dennis
>
>
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