[R] help splitting a data frame

[stephen sefick]

strsplit(s, split=":")

anyhoo

?strsplit

should get you started

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:34 PM, kayj <kjaja27 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have a dataset that I would like to split based on : or – ( the data file
> is tab delimited) for example:
> Ny:23-45        AC
> BA:88-91        DB
> KJ:21-13        PA
>
> And I would like the data to be splitted and the final results look like
> NY      23      45      AC
> BA      88      91      DB
> KJ      21      13      PA
>
> I would like to have the resulting data as a data frame so each column is a
> variable.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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