I get a different result: txt <- c("sales to 23 August 2008 published 29 August","sales to 6 September 2008 published 11 September") strsplit(txt, 'published ', fixed=TRUE) [[1]] [1] "sales to 23 August 2008 " "29 August"
[[2]] [1] "sales to 6 September 2008 " "11 September" > sessionInfo() R version 2.9.0 (2009-04-17) i386-pc-mingw32 locale: LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Tony Breyal<tony.bre...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm having a problem understanding why a split does not occur with in > the 2nd use of the function strsplit below: > > # text strings >> txt <- c("sales to 23 August 2008 published 29 August", > + "sales to 6 September 2008 published 11 September") > > # first use >> strsplit(txt, 'published', fixed=TRUE) > [[1]] > [1] "sales to 23 August 2008 " " 29 August" > > [[2]] > [1] "sales to 6 September 2008 " " 11 September" > > # second use, but with a space ' ' in the split >> strsplit(txt, 'published ', fixed=TRUE) > [[1]] > [1] "sales to 23 August 2008 " "29 August" > > [[2]] > [1] "sales to 6 September 2008 published 11 September" > > Thank you kindly for any help in advance. > Tony > > O/S: Win Vista Ultimate >> sessionInfo() > R version 2.9.2 (2009-08-24) > i386-pc-mingw32 > > locale: > LC_COLLATE=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United Kingdom. > 1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United Kingdom. > 1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United Kingdom.1252 > > attached base packages: > [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods > base > > other attached packages: > [1] RODBC_1.3-0 > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.