Now I found a solution that seems to work OK for me: attributes(gregexpr(expression, text)[[1]])
Petri At 15:00 11.1.2006 +0100, Petri Palmu wrote: >Hi, > >I'm using gregexpr(). As a result something like this: > ># starting positions of the match: >[[1]] >[1] 7 18 > ># length of the matched text: >attr(,"match.length") >[1] 4 4 > >Now, I'd like to have a matrix, > 7 4 >18 4 > >but I don't know how to handle the attr(,"match.length") ...? >The format of the output is pretty unclear to me in that respect. > >Thanks in advance, >Petri >---------------------- >Petri Palmu, M.Soc.Sc >Statistician >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Geneos Ltd >tel:+358 9 4366 2512 >gsm: +35840 55 249 55 >fax:+ 358 9 4366 2523 >P.O. Box 25 (Tukholmankatu 2) >FIN-00251, Helsinki, Finland > >______________________________________________ >R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html ---------------------- Petri Palmu, M.Soc.Sc Statistician [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geneos Ltd tel:+358 9 4366 2512 gsm: +35840 55 249 55 fax:+ 358 9 4366 2523 P.O. Box 25 (Tukholmankatu 2) FIN-00251, Helsinki, Finland ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html