[R] break string at specified possitions

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Here are two ways that do not use any packages:

s <- paste(letters, collapse = "") # test input

substring(s, first, last)
## [1] "abcde"     "fghij"     "klmnopqrs"


read.fwf(textConnection(s), last - first + 1)
##         V1    V2        V3
## 1 abcde fghij klmnopqrs

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Jan Kacaba <jan.kacaba at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear R-help
>
> I would like to split long string at specified precomputed positions.
> 'substring' needs beginings and ends. Is there a native function which
> accepts positions so I don't have to count second argument?
>
> For example I have vector of possitions pos<-c(5,10,19). Substring
> needs input first=c(1,6,11) and last=c(5,10,19). There is no problem
> to write my own function. Just asking.
>
> Derek
>
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