Thx Paul My string aint that simple its just that if it works for this simple example it will work for my string therefor I just used the "a b c d e f" syntax. -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Loop-over-a-split-string-tp3514204p3514252.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.