Hope it helps. text <- "var1 var2 9G/G09 abd89C/T90 10A/T9 32C/C 90G/G A/A"
x <- read.table(textConnection(text), header = T) x$var1.1 <- sub(".*(.)/.*", "\\1", x$var1) x$var1.2 <- sub(".*/(.).*", "\\1", x$var1) x$var2.1 <- sub(".*(.)/.*", "\\1", x$var2) x$var2.2 <- sub(".*/(.).*", "\\1", x$var2) ----- A R learner. -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/string-handling-tp2242119p2242357.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.