[R] splitting the column

[mohamed nur anisah]

Hi,
   
  I have a matrix data with 21 rows and 6 columns. Below and attach with is my matrix data. My problem is to split the column into 3 subcolumns (except for column 3 and 4) . I want my new matrix data to have 14 columns and 21 rows. Kindly help is highly appreciated.
   
      [,1]           [,2]                         [,3]       [,4] [,5]                          [,6]                      
 [1,] "CS 1 73 "     " cfa1 3251712 24126920 "    "20875208" "3"  " hsa18 132170848 50139168 "  " 24126920 24153560 8 "   
 [2,] "CS 2 3 "      " cfa1 24153560 24265894 "   "112334"   "27" " hsa18 50105060 49934572 "   " 24265894 24823786 7 "   
 [3,] "CSO 3.1 6 "   " cfa1 24823786 27113036 "   "2289250"  "3"  " hsa18 48121156 46579500  "  " 27113036 27418228 13"   
 [4,] "CSO 3.2 4 "   " cfa1 27418228 27578150 "   "159922"   "25" " hsa18 13872043 13208795  "  " 27578150 28055666 9 "   
 [5,] "CS 4 4 "      " cfa1 28055666 28835230 "   "779564"   "5"  " hsa6 132311008 133132200 "  " 28835230 29482792 7 "   
 [6,] "CS 5 46 "     " cfa1 29482792 40120672 "   "10637880" "4"  " hsa6 133604208 146227152 "  " 40120672 40539680 8 "   
 [7,] "CS 6 9 "      " cfa1 40539680 43339444 "   "2799764"  "3"  " hsa6 146390608 149867328 "  " 43339444 43390788 13 "  
 [8,] "CSO 7.1 74 "  " cfa1 43390788 59714992 "   "16324204" "5"  " hsa6 149929104 169714432  " " 59714992 59864308 15"   
 [9,] "CSO 7.2 52 "  " cfa1 59864308 72417520 "   "12553212" "4"  " hsa6 116707976 131508152  " " 72417520 73256040 7 "   
[10,] "CSO 8.1 12 "  " cfa1 73256040 75192808 "   "1936768"  "6"  " hsa9 98441680 96360824  "   " 75192808 75272528 6"    
[11,] "CSO 8.2 56 "  " cfa1 75272528 91881664 "   "16609136" "3"  " hsa9 89530256 70341312  "   " 91881664 92281272 5"    
[12,] "CSO 8.3 22 "  " cfa1 92281272 96913624 "   "4632352"  "5"  " hsa9 261625 5755076  "      " 96913624 98067040 5"    
[13,] "CSO 8.4 15 "  " cfa1 98067040 100692560 "  "2625520"  "6"  " hsa9 93833248 89771184  "   " 100692560 101013264 13" 
[14,] "CSO 8.5 18 "  " cfa1 101013264 102120080 " "1106816"  "16" " hsa9 95832896 94012312  "   " 102271920 102458192 25 "
[15,] "CS 9 55 "     " cfa1 102458192 105936824 " "3478632"  "16" " hsa19 63765096 59618416 "   " 105936824 106097392 35 "
[16,] "CSO 10.1 81 " " cfa1 106097392 110263696 " "4166304"  "19" " hsa19 59386008 54256216  "  " 110263696 110288752 60" 
[17,] "CSO 10.2 18 " " cfa1 110288752 110567608 " "278856"   "65" " hsa19 54163196 53814360  "  " 110567608 110575576 50" 
[18,] "CSO 10.3 60 " " cfa1 110575576 112727048 " "2151472"  "28" " hsa19 53649284 50959884  "  " 112727048 112775144 40 "
[19,] "CS 11 173 "   " cfa1 112775144 119848336 " "7073192"  "24" " hsa19 50887772 40849556 "   " 119848336 119880560 55 "
[20,] "CS 12 33 "    " cfa1 119880560 121690672 " "1810112"  "18" " hsa19 40824500 38556448 "   " 121690672 121820640 16 "
[21,] "CS 13 22 "    " cfa1 121820640 124798800 " "2978160"  "7"  " hsa19 38391408 34709332 "   " 124798800 NA NA "       

   
  Thanks in advance.
   
  Cheers,
  Anisah

       
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