The following is TRUE if the indicated string is found: regexpr("sdhch", "gdfsa-sdhchc-88") > 0
See ?regexpr Either of the next two will break up a string into words. The first needs to know the delimiters whereas the second needs to know the contents: > strsplit("gdfsa-sdhchc-88", "\\W+")[[1]] [1] "gdfsa" "sdhchc" "88" > library(gsubfn) > strapply("gdfsa-sdhchc-88", "\\w+", c)[[1]] [1] "gdfsa" "sdhchc" "88" See ?strplit and ?regex and also the gsubfn home page at: http://gsubfn.googlecode.com where you can find info on strapply and also further resources on regular expressions. On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:07 AM, RON70 <ron_michae...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi all, is there any function to find some words in a character-string? For > example suppose the string is : "gdfsa-sdhchc-88", now I want to find > whether this string contains "sdhch". Is there any R function to do that? > > Regards, > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Searching-within-a-ch.-string-tp23484010p23484010.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. > ______________________________________________ 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.