Re: [R] length(grep(...

Hi, R>=2.9.0 ships grepl, which lets you do that: any( grepl( TEXT, OBJECT) ) You can also: install.packages( "operators" ) require( operators ) OBJECT %~+% TEXT Romain Dennis Fisher wrote: Colleagues R2.8.1 in OSX I often combine two commands as follows: length(grep(TEXT, OBJECT)) >

[R] length(grep(...

Colleagues R2.8.1 in OSX I often combine two commands as follows: length(grep(TEXT, OBJECT)) > 0 to see if a particular snippet of text exists within an object. Is there a single command that would accomplish this? Dennis Dennis Fisher MD P < (The "P Less Than" Company) Phone: 1-866-P