Re: [R] converting a string to an integer vector

2012-10-18 Thread arun
Hi, You can also try this: a <- "1,2" as.numeric(c(gsub("(.*)\\,(.*)","\\1",a), gsub("(.*)\\,(.*)","\\2",a))) #[1] 1 2 - Original Message - From: BenM To: r-help@r-project.org Cc: Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 10:17 AM Subj

Re: [R] converting a string to an integer vector

2012-10-18 Thread Sarah Goslee
Depending on what exactly you are trying to accomplish: > as.numeric(unlist(strsplit(a, ","))) [1] 1 2 > read.csv(textConnection(a), header=FALSE) V1 V2 1 1 2 Sarah On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 9:08 AM, BenM wrote: > Hi All, > Thanks in advance for your help. I'm trying to convert a strin

[R] converting a string to an integer vector

2012-10-18 Thread BenM
Hi All, Thanks in advance for your help. I'm trying to convert a string to an integer vector. For instance, I will start with a <- "1,2" The result I want to end up with will be the equivalent of c(1,2) What's the best way to make the conversion? I've tried using as.integer(a), but R s

Re: [R] converting a string to an integer vector

2012-10-18 Thread BenM
Thank you very much. That appears to be what I wanted. -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/converting-a-string-to-an-integer-vector-tp4646610p4646624.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ R-help@

Re: [R] converting a string to an integer vector

2012-10-18 Thread jeff6868
Hello, Try this, It'll maybe help you: a <- "1,2" b <- strsplit(a,",") #split your data according to "," b <- unlist(b) # it creates a list, so we unlist the result to obtain a vector like c(1,2) -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/converting-a-string-to-an-in