Are there packages that allow improved String and URL processing? E.g. extract parts of a URLs such as sub-domains, top-level domain, protocols (e.g. https, http, ftp), file type based on endings, check if a URL is valid or not, etc...
I am currently only using split and paste. Are there better and more efficient ways to handle strings e.g. finding sub-strings or to do pattern matching? What packages do you use if you have to do a lot of String processing and you don't have the option to go to another language such as Perl or Python? Thanks, Ralf ______________________________________________ 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.
