[R] numbers as part of long character

2008-06-12 Thread Hua Li
Hi, I'm looking for some way to pick up the numbers which are contained and buried in a long character. For example, outtree.new=(((B:1204.25,E:1204.25):7581.11,F:8785.36):8353.85,C:17139.21); num.char =

Re: [R] numbers as part of long character

2008-06-12 Thread Marc Schwartz
on 06/12/2008 03:46 PM Hua Li wrote: Hi, I'm looking for some way to pick up the numbers which are contained and buried in a long character. For example, outtree.new=(((B:1204.25,E:1204.25):7581.11,F:8785.36):8353.85,C:17139.21); num.char =

Re: [R] numbers as part of long character

2008-06-12 Thread Charilaos Skiadas
On Jun 12, 2008, at 5:06 PM, Marc Schwartz wrote: on 06/12/2008 03:46 PM Hua Li wrote: Hi, I'm looking for some way to pick up the numbers which are contained and buried in a long character. For example, outtree.new=(((B:1204.25,E:1204.25):7581.11,F:8785.36):8353.85,C: 17139.21); num.char =

Re: [R] numbers as part of long character

2008-06-12 Thread Hua Li
and unlist over and over again, after I get the number). But if you have a easier way to do it, I'd like to know! Hua --- On Thu, 6/12/08, Charilaos Skiadas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Charilaos Skiadas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] numbers as part of long character To: [EMAIL

Re: [R] numbers as part of long character

2008-06-12 Thread Hua Li
Oh, Sorry, Marc. The scan method does work! Hua --- On Thu, 6/12/08, Charilaos Skiadas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Charilaos Skiadas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] numbers as part of long character To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], r-help@r-project.org Date: Thursday

Re: [R] numbers as part of long character

2008-06-12 Thread Charilaos Skiadas
On Jun 12, 2008, at 6:34 PM, Hua Li wrote: Thanks, Marc and Haris! I didn't know the values of the numbers beforehand, so the scan method won't work, but [^+-\\d.]+ will do! And Haris, I didn't intend to keep the information of which number is B, which is C etc when asking the question,