How can I parse this string to extract just the number 11?

Hello,
Try this:
?string = "\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"compliment-count profile\">11</span>"
?gsub(".*(11).*","\\1",string)
#[1] "11"
A.K.



----- Original Message -----
From: Shelby McIntyre <smcintyre at scu.edu>
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Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 8:19 PM
Subject: [R] How can I parse this string to extract just the number 11?

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>"

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