I have this kind od data x <- read.table(text="  Log    lat 3025.264 901.331 3039.237 810.811 3137.760 806.040 3141.190 806.557 3141.229 806.622 3138.891 806.281",                header=TRUE, stringsAsFactors=FALSE) I what to insert â:â after every first two numbers in Lon variable and after every first number in lat variable. The variables should end with âEâ for Lon and âSâ for the Lon variable.  The results should look like: Lon                     Lat 30:25:264E      9:01:331S 30:39:237E      8:10:811S 31:37:760E       8:06:040S 31:41:190E      8:06:557S 31:41:229E      8:06:622S 31:38:891E      8:06:281S I am using gmt package for geocodes conversion. I will appreciate any help.
Peter Maclean Department of Economics UDSM [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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