Thanks, that worked great, but I am having trouble generalizing it to my entire data set for some reason.
I have 318 rows like this: "Main Group\t1000\tMP Test\tMP Test, 1\tAudio (1, f1-qaddara.aiff)\tl (target is right word)\tl\tPressed\tl (target is right word)\tC\t3111\t\t\t\t\t" and the command: mydata <- matrix(strsplit(x, '\t')[[1]], nrow=1) gives me a matrix with only the 1st row of the data. I have tried playing around with it, but so far the best I can do is get 318 copies of row 1. How can I get a matrix with all 318 rows and 15 columns split by the '\t'? Thanks again. kevin On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 2:39 PM, jim holtman <jholt...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you want a matrix, then just create one from the data you have: > > mydata <- matrix(strsplit(x, '\t')[[1]], nrow=1) > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Kevin Burnham <kburn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Would somebody please help me break this row: > > > > "Main Group\t1000\tMP Test\tMP Test, 1\tAudio (1, f1-qaddara.aiff)\tl > > (target is right word)\tl\tPressed\tl (target is right > > word)\tC\t3111\t\t\t\t\t" > > > > into multiple columns along the \t separator? > > > > When I try the strsplit (x,"\t") command I get: > > > > [[1]] > > [1] "Main Group" "1000" "MP > > Test" "MP Test, 1" "Audio (1, > > f1-qaddara.aiff)" > > [6] "l (target is right word)" "l" > > "Pressed" "l (target is right word)" > > "C" > > [11] "3111" "" > > "" "" "" > > > > Which which is closer to what I need, but still not in columns. > > > > Thanks, > > Kevin > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > -- > Jim Holtman > Cincinnati, OH > +1 513 646 9390 > > What is the problem that you are trying to solve? > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
