[R] strsplit with a vector split argument

[arun]

Hi,
You could try:

strsplit(c("a,b;c","d;e,f"),",|;")
#[[1]]
#[1] "a" "b" "c"
#
#[[2]]
#[1] "d" "e" "f"
A.K.



----- Original Message -----
From: Sam Steingold <sds at gnu.org>
To: r-help at r-project.org
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Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:42 AM
Subject: [R] strsplit with a vector split argument

Hi,
I find this behavior unexpected:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> strsplit(c("a,b;c","d;e,f"),c(",",";"))
[[1]]
[1] "a"   "b;c"

[[2]]
[1] "d"   "e,f"
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
I thought that it should be identical to this:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> strsplit(c("a,b;c","d;e,f"),"[,;]")
[[1]]
[1] "a" "b" "c"

[[2]]
[1] "d" "e" "f"
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Is this a bug or did I misunderstand the docs?
Thanks!

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