Try:
sub(".*FILE (\\w+)|\\.*", "\\1", x, perl=TRUE)
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Paulo Cardoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Perfect but when one wants to get something different, like
>
> x <- 'INPUT FILE record.dat'
> sub(".*FILE (\\w+).*", "\\1", x, perl=TRUE)
>
> will return 'record' and not 'record.dat'
>
> the [:punct:] is not retained.
>
> Paulo
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jim holtman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: quinta-feira, 18 de Setembro de 2008 9:58
> > To: Paulo Cardoso
> > Cc: r
> > Subject: Re: [R] character position
> >
> > If it always occurs after 'are', this will work:
> >
> > > x <- 'There are 20 species in this grid'
> > > y <- sub(".*are (\\d+).*", "\\1", x, perl=TRUE)
> > > y
> > [1] "20"
> > >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:51 AM, Paulo Cardoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm not being able to capture a position of a 'string' in a character
> > > string.
> > >
> > > In this example: 'There are 20 species in this grid'
> > >
> > > I would like to capture the string (number) after 'are' and before
> > > 'species'. Consider they do not change. I wouldn't like to use substr
> > > because stop position may change.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Paulo
> > >
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> >
> >
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