How can I parse this string to extract just the number 11?
Hello,
Try the following.
string <- "\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"compliment-count profile\">11</span>"
gsub("[^[:digit:]]", "", string)
Then use as.numeric or as.integer.
Hope this helps,
Rui Barradas
Em 31-07-2012 01:19, Shelby McIntyre escreveu:
Below is the string to parse and return the embedded number = "11" string = "\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"compliment-count profile\">11</span>" On Jul 29, 2012, at 3:00 AM, r-help-request at r-project.org wrote:
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