Re: [R] subset a string

2010-03-04 Thread Nick Matzke
thanks!! was stuck in python brain. Simon Blomberg wrote: substr(x,1,3) On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 21:32 -0800, Nick Matzke wrote: Hi, This has got to be easy, but for some reason the simplest things can be the hardest to find help on in R. How the heck do I subset a string? e.g., x = "abcdef

Re: [R] subset a string

2010-03-04 Thread Simon Blomberg
substr(x,1,3) On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 21:32 -0800, Nick Matzke wrote: > Hi, > > This has got to be easy, but for some reason the simplest things can be > the hardest to find help on in R. > > How the heck do I subset a string? > > e.g., > > x = "abcdef" > > I just want the first 3 characters.

[R] subset a string

2010-03-04 Thread Nick Matzke
Hi, This has got to be easy, but for some reason the simplest things can be the hardest to find help on in R. How the heck do I subset a string? e.g., x = "abcdef" I just want the first 3 characters. Cheers! Nick -- Nicholas J. Matzke