try this:

> x
[1] "OYS-PIA2-FL-1"  "OYS-PIA2-LA-1"  "OYS-PI-LA-BB-1" "OYS-PIA2-LA-10"
> sub("^.*?([0-9]+)$", "\\1", x)
[1] "1"  "1"  "1"  "10"
>



On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Steven Ranney <steven.ran...@gmail.com> wrote:
> OYS-PIA2-FL-1
> OYS-PIA2-LA-1
> OYS-PI-LA-BB-1
> OYS-PIA2-LA-10



-- 
Jim Holtman
Data Munger Guru

What is the problem that you are trying to solve?
Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it.

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