There is a strsplit() function (syntax is (stringToBeSplit, splitAt) ) that may be of use. I haven't followed the thread so I don't know how well it handles the original problem.
Michael Weylandt On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Ole Peter Smith <ole....@gmail.com> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ole Peter Smith <ole....@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 1:40 PM > Subject: Re: [R] Leading zeros > To: David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> > > > I'm all new to R, assisting the last days of topics from the sideline. > I am, however, a longterm programmer. > > This question makes me ask myself - and now here - is there any string > split-function, ex some thing like: > > split('/',"2000/3000/4") --> (2000,3000,4) > > After this patting with zero is a breeze, sprintf('%010d',... > > 0le > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 1:19 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > > Copying list one what was sent in reply. Anybody have a better solution? > > > >> On Aug 19, 2011, at 11:57 AM, Vasco Cadavez wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> A solution can be by substring to remove the / > >>> then numeric will be ok! What you think? > >>> > >>> How can I remove the / > >> > > with sub or gsub: > > > >> sprintf("%010.0f", as.integer(gsub("/","", c("4/3003","55/333","66/22")) > >> )) > > [1] "0000043003" "0000055333" "0000006622" > > > > -- > > David. > > > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> Vasco Cadavez > >>> > >>> ----- Menssagem Original ----- > >>> De: > >>> "David Winsemius" <dwinsem...@comcast.net> > >>> > >>> Para: > >>> "David Winsemius" <dwinsem...@comcast.net> > >>> Cópia: > >>> "Vasco Cadavez" <vcadavez@ipbpt>, <r-help@r-project.org> > >>> Enviado: > >>> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:51:08 -0400 > >>> Assunto: > >>> Re: [R] Leading zeros > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Aug 19, 2011, at 11:17 AM, David Winsemius wrote: > >>> > >>> > > >>> > On Aug 19, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Vasco Cadavez wrote: > >>> > > >>> >> Hello, > >>> >> I have a dataset with an Id columns like: > >>> >> 4/3003 > >>> >> 55/333 > >>> >> 66/22 > >>> >> I want to put leading zeros to get: > >>> >> 00000004/3003 > >>> >> 000000055/333 > >>> >> 0000000066/22 > >>> >> > >>> >> How can I solve this? > >>> > > >>> > ?sprintf > >>> > ?formatC > >>> > > >>> I may have been too quick. Padding with leading zeros using sprintf is > >>> described for numeric but not for character types. There are severa > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > -- > ///// > ( O O ) > =================oOO==(_)==OOo================= > God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. > He integrates empirically - Einstein > .oooO Oooo. > ==================( )=( )===================== > \ ( ) / > \_) (_/ > =============================================== > Ole Peter Smith, IME, UFG > http://www.mat.ufg.br/docentes/olepeter - ole at mat.ufg.br > =============================================== > Life sure is a Mystery to be Lived > Not a Problem to be Solved > =============================================== > > > > -- > ///// > ( O O ) > =================oOO==(_)==OOo================= > God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. > He integrates empirically - Einstein > .oooO Oooo. > ==================( )=( )===================== > \ ( ) / > \_) (_/ > =============================================== > Ole Peter Smith, IME, UFG > http://www.mat.ufg.br/docentes/olepeter - ole at mat.ufg.br > =============================================== > Life sure is a Mystery to be Lived > Not a Problem to be Solved > =============================================== > ______________________________________________ > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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