rk,
See
?sub
?regexp
Then try
sub( "-", "-dash-", "a-b" )
sub( "-.*", "", "a-b" )
Chuck
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007, ramakanth reddy wrote:
> I have two large arrays of strings array1 with 180000 names and array2 with
> 24000 names ,I want to find the common names in both of them.
>
> My arrays are for example
>
> Array1 Array2
>
> GAP4
> HIST1B-histamine....
>
> MFG12 SNRPD-signal induced...
>
> CFH1A RNF-ribose nucleic...
>
> My
> array 2 ,has description of the abbreviation ,how can I remove the
> description part before using intersect command to match common names
> in array1 and array2.
> the description and abbreviation are separated by a hyphen --.
>
> I tried using matlab ,but due to the large file size it didnot work.
> Can you suggest me something to overcome this problem.
>
> Thank You
> rk
>
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