subset a string
thanks!! was stuck in python brain.
Simon Blomberg wrote:
substr(x,1,3) On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 21:32 -0800, Nick Matzke wrote:
Hi, This has got to be easy, but for some reason the simplest things can be the hardest to find help on in R. How the heck do I subset a string? e.g., x = "abcdef" I just want the first 3 characters. Cheers! Nick
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