Hi, Assuming that this is a data.frame. dat1<-read.table(text=" X,Y ab,su-di ac,pi-tu ad,tu-tu ",sep=",",header=TRUE,stringsAsFactors=FALSE) library(stringr) dat2<-data.frame(X=rep(dat1$X,each=2),Y= unlist(str_split(dat1$Y,"-")),stringsAsFactors=FALSE) dat2 # X Y #1 ab su #2 ab di #3 ac pi #4 ac tu #5 ad tu #6 ad tu A.K.
----- Original Message ----- From: Sudip Chatterjee <sudipanal...@gmail.com> To: R help <r-help@r-project.org> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 12:25 PM Subject: [R] Stringr Package Hi Group, I have a question on Stringr package I have a table like this X Y ab su - di ac pi - tu ad tu - tu I want output like this X Y ab su ab di ac pi ac tu ad tu ad tu I am wondering if this operation can be done using stringr package (only) ? [[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. ______________________________________________ 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.