Re: [R] split a row into multiple columns

Hi: Maybe something like this? txt <- "Main Group\t1000\tMP Test\tMP Test, 1\tAudio (1, f1-qaddara.aiff)\tl (target is right word)\tl\tPressed\tl (target is right word)\tC\t3111\t\t\t\t\t" txtdf <- as.data.frame(rbind(txt, txt, txt, txt, txt)) # create toy data frame res <- t(as.matrix(apply(t

Re: [R] split a row into multiple columns

Thanks, that worked great, but I am having trouble generalizing it to my entire data set for some reason. I have 318 rows like this: "Main Group\t1000\tMP Test\tMP Test, 1\tAudio (1, f1-qaddara.aiff)\tl (target is right word)\tl\tPressed\tl (target is right word)\tC\t3111\t\t\t\t\t" and the comm

Re: [R] split a row into multiple columns

If you want a matrix, then just create one from the data you have: mydata <- matrix(strsplit(x, '\t')[[1]], nrow=1) On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Kevin Burnham wrote: > Would somebody please help me break this row: > > "Main Group\t1000\tMP Test\tMP Test, 1\tAudio (1, f1-qaddara.aiff)\tl > (ta