Dear kayj, Try this:
X<-c("ASK", "DGH", "ASG", "AUJ", "FRT") res<-data.frame(do.call(rbind,strsplit(X,""))) colnames(res)<-paste("X",1:ncol(res),sep="") res HTH, Jorge On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:50 PM, kayj <kjaj...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi , > > > Does any one know how to split a character vector , I have a vector X that > looks like this and each row has 3 characters > > X > ASK > DGH > ASG > AUJ > FRT > > I would like to split the vector into 3 vectors that look like this > > X1 X2 X3 > A S K > D G H > A S G > A U J > U R T > > thanks > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/How-to-split-a-character-vector-into-3-vectors-tp21939492p21939492.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > [[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.