Try this: # Lines <- readLines('your_file') Lines <- "Ny:23-45 AC BA:88-91 DB KJ:21-13 PA"
DF <- read.table(textConnection(gsub("[-:]", "\t", Lines))) closeAllConnections() On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:34 PM, kayj <kjaj...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have a dataset that I would like to split based on : or ( the data file > is tab delimited) for example: > Ny:23-45 AC > BA:88-91 DB > KJ:21-13 PA > > And I would like the data to be splitted and the final results look like > NY 23 45 AC > BA 88 91 DB > KJ 21 13 PA > > I would like to have the resulting data as a data frame so each column is a > variable. > > Thanks, > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/help-splitting-a-data-frame-tp2306832p2306832.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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