> Assuming we want to split off the number at the end try this which > splits on those dots which are followed by a digit: > > strsplit(r, "\\.(?=\\d)", perl = TRUE) > > Dear Gabor,
Thank you very much. That works very well. I don't completely understand it though. A few words on what the (?=\\d) is doing would be nice. Regards, Ashim [[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.