Hi all, One of my variables looks like this:
.7_-.3_-.2_.9 And this is a character variable. I made this by combining four different number like .7, -.3, -.2, and .9 using paste function. Now, I want to go back to original format from this one combined character variable. For instance, I want to extract 3rd number, -.2, from this character. I know I can use substr function, but each position is not fixed because sometimes each number has negative sign. Instead, it would be good if there is any extracting function which can extract character not by position but by specific symbol, in my case symbol '_'. Is there any similar function for doing in R? Thanks! YN [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.