someone has probably answered this already but use
substr()
new variable<-substr(old.variable,1,1)
Simon.
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From: "kayj" <kjaj...@yahoo.com>
To: <r-help@r-project.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 6:50 PM
Subject: [R] How to split a character vector into 3 vectors
Hi ,
Does any one know how to split a character vector , I have a vector X that
looks like this and each row has 3 characters
X
ASK
DGH
ASG
AUJ
FRT
I would like to split the vector into 3 vectors that look like this
X1 X2 X3
A S K
D G H
A S G
A U J
U R T
thanks
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