[R] strsplit a matrix

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

one way us the following:

mat <- rbind(
     c("2-271", "2-367", "1-79"),
     c("2-282", "2-378", "1-90"),
     c("2-281", "2-377", "1-89")
)

sp <- strsplit(c(mat), "-")
mat1 <- sapply(sp, "[", 1)
mat2 <- sapply(sp, "[", 2)
dim(mat1) <- dim(mat2) <- dim(mat)
mat1
mat2


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris


James Perkins wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I am trying to split a matrix into 2 as efficiently as possible.
> 
> It is a character matrix:
> 
>  1       2       3     1 "2-271" "2-367" "1-79"
> 2 "2-282" "2-378" "1-90"
> 3 "2-281" "2-377" "1-89"
> 
> I want to make 2 matrices from this, as succinctly and efficiently as 
> possible.
> 
> I've tried such things as sapply(matrix, strsplit, "-") and tried to go 
> from there, but I can't figure it out! So far I do it with a 2D for loop 
> which can't be efficient!
> 
> firstPartM <- matrix(ncol= dim(zzz)[2], nrow= dim(zzz)[1])
> secondPartM <- matrix(ncol= dim(zzz)[2], nrow= dim(zzz)[1])
> for(i in 1:dim(zzz)[1]) {
>   for(j in 1:dim(zzz)[2]) {
>     splitS <- strsplit(zzz[i,j],"-")
>     firstPartM[i,j] <- splitS[[1]][1]
>     secondPartM[i,j] <- splitS[[1]][2]
>   }
> }
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jim
> 
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