Try this: gsub(".*_(.*)_.*_.*", "\\1", s)
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:21 PM, xin wei <xin...@stat.psu.edu> wrote: > > hi, everyone: > i have a data frame with one single character column as followings: > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_1 > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_2 > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_3 > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_4 > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_1 > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_2 > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_3 > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_4 > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_1 > > i need to parse out the time part like the followings: > name time > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_1 24hr > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_2 24hr > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_3 24hr > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_4 24hr > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_1 24hr > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_2 24hr > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_3 24hr > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_4 24hr > DS_xxx_yyy_24hr_zzz_1 24hr > > what function should I look at? > i have tried: strsplit(data, '_') and get a giant list which is not what i > need. > > thanks in advance > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/how-to-parse-out-string-separated-by-special-character-tp2246301p2246301.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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