Use regular expressions: > x <- c( "BA1y1", "C3A2r3y1", "MA3r3y1r3", "MA23r34y123z99") > # extact the number after the 'y' > num <- sub(".*y(\\d <file://d/>+).*", "\\1 <file://0.0.0.1/>", x) > > num [1] "1" "1" "1" "123" >
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Daisy Englert Duursma < daisy.duur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to cycle through a csv and make some summary statistics. > I need to select rows based on the number in the row name that comes > after the letter 'y'. For example, BA1y1 would equal 1, C3A2r3y1 > would equal 1 and MA3r3y1r3 would equal 1. > > I currently have my code cycling through by the 5th character but my > rows have variable length and the y can occur in several different > locations in the row name. > > Here is my current code > > sdat <- read.csv (paste(data.dir,"/summary.data.csv", sep="")) > > year <-c("1", "2", "3") > for (y in year) { > > sdat2 <- sdat[sapply(strsplit(as.character(sdat$GCM), ""), > function(zzz)zzz[5] == y),] > > Thanks > Daisy Englert Duursma > > Bioclimatic Modeller > Macquarie University > Sydney, NSW, Australia > > ______________________________________________ > 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<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? [[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.