Hi Erin, this is one way:
Block <- c("5600-5699","6100-6199","9700-9799","9400-9499","8300-8399") splBlock <- strsplit(Block,"-") sapply(splBlock, "[", 1) greetings, Remko -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/strsplit-question-tp3896847p3896850.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.