Message-ID: <73c657e48e8d4f8fee562c64c2ee2e8b.squirrel@webmail.uic.edu>
Date: 2011-05-15T00:20:16Z
From: Sparks, John
Subject: Find String Between Characters
Dear R Helpers,
I am trying to isolate a set of characters between two other characters in
a long string file. I tried some of the examples on the R help pages and
elsewhere, but I am not able to get it. Your help would be much
appreciated.
require(scrapeR)
mmm<-scrape(url="http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000320193&owner=exclude&count=40")
str(mmm)
I want to get the number 0000320193 that is between the CIK= and the &. I
have tried
g <- grep( "CIK=|&", mmm )
and
temp<-grep(mmm,\CIK=\&)
and variations on these themes, but all won't run or come bask as an empty
object. How can I grab this number?
Best wishes,
--John J. Sparks, Ph.D.