Try this:

head(unlist(gregexpr("[0-9]", "asd123")), 1)

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:02 AM, RON70 <ron_michael70@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> Is there any process to conduct a search for a particular digit or letter
> in
> a ch. string? For example I want to make a search where 1st numeric figure
> appears in the string "asd123". Here the answer should be "4"
>
> Thanks,
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