Try this: gsub("^(.)", "\\1/", dates)
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:21 PM, btc1 <btcaldw...@berkeley.edu> wrote: > > Hello, I have a vector, "dates", as a series of 3 digit elements, i.e. > > date > [1] 528 528 528 528 528 528 528 528 528 528 528 528 708 708 708 708 708 > 708 > [19] 708 708 708 708 529 529 529 529 529 529 529 529 529 529 529 529 529 > 529 > [37] 529 624 > > I need to convert them into julian, but have to insert a "/" or "-" after > the first number within each element of the vector (5/28 5/28 etc). Found > plenty functions to replace by a pattern but not to cut by a certain number > of digits with an element. Alternately, if I could run all the elements > into > one long vector and then cut every one then two digits, that would work as > well. > > Thanks. > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Cut-a-within-elements-by-length-not-value-of-vectors-tp2290440p2290440.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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