UNIX-like "cut" command in R
Hi Mike, try substr() Cheers Andrew
On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 03:53:58PM -0500, Mike Miller wrote:
The R "cut" command is entirely different from the UNIX "cut" command. The latter retains selected fields in a line of text. I can do that kind of manipulation using sub() or gsub(), but it is tedious. I assume there is an R function that will do this, but I don't know its name. Can you tell me? I'm also guessing that there is a web page somewhere that will tell me how to do a lot of common GNU/UNIX/Linux "text util" commmand-line kinds of things in R. By that I mean by using R functions, not by making system calls. Does anyone know of such a web page? Thanks in advance. Mike -- Michael B. Miller, Ph.D. Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research Department of Psychology University of Minnesota
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