Tena koe
Try:
gsub('[[:alpha:]]', '', unlist(DATA)) and
gsub('[[:digit:]]', '', unlist(DATA))
unlist(DATA) since it looks like DATA maybe a dataframe.
You are still left with the spaces, but these can be readily removed.
Someone else may offer a better solution.
HTH ...
Peter Alspach
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> Subject: [R] separate a variable in several variables
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>
> Hello R users,
> Imagine the data frame DATA with the variable x which is
> composed by numeric and alpha caracters.
>
> > DATA
> x
> 1 12F
> 2 13 AD
> 3 356PO
> 4 1D
> 5 GRT
> 6 PO52
> 7 LN4Z
>
> Is there a way to separarate x in 2 variables:
> y: only numeric caracters
> z: only alpha caracters
> For exemple:
> x y z
> 1 12F 12 F
> 2 13 AD 13 AD
> 3 356PO 356 PO
> 4 1D 1 D
> 5 GRT 0 GRT
> 6 PO52 52 PO
> 7 LN4Z 4 LNZ
>
> Kind regards
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