Try this:

unlist(strsplit("12/01/03/08", "/"))

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 6:08 AM, Daniel Malter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi, I am trying to extract some numbers from a text string. The problem is
> that the delimiting symbols are identical so that I do not know how to tell
> "sub" between which of them to extract.
>
> The string looks like this
>
> 12/01/03/08
>
> The extracted variables should look like:
>
> x1=12
> x2=01
> x3=03
> x4=08
>
> If anybody could help or point me to useful help, I would be greatful.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
>
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