On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 17:56 +0530, Kurapati, Ravichandra (Ravichandra) wrote: > Hi > > > > String<-"130.5" > > > > Df<-Strsplit(".",":",String) > > > > Then Df get > > "" "" "" "" > > But I want Df should contains > > > > Df > > "130" > > "5" > Hi Ravichandra, Try: strsplit(String,"[.]") The period (full stop) has to be marked as literal. Jim