Re: [R] Get a subset

You can use gsub() to delete all the characters after the first semicolon by replacing them with "". If you provide the requested reproducible example, I imagine someone will provide you with working code, if reading the help for gsub() isn't enough to get you going. Sarah On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at

[R] Get a subset

Hi, I have a list of names (alphanumeric characters) and each row by itself contains a different number of names seperated by a semicolon (";"). There are also rows with no entry. I would like to have the name before the first semicolon in each row, if there is any entry. Does anyone have an idea h