help splitting a data frame

Hi All,

I have a dataset that I would like to split based on : or ? ( the data file
is tab delimited) for example:
Ny:23-45	AC
BA:88-91	DB
KJ:21-13	PA

And I would like the data to be splitted and the final results look like
NY	23	45	AC
BA	88	91	DB
KJ	21	13	PA
read.table(textConnection(gsub("[-:]","\t",readLines("your.data.file.tab"))))

or

read.table(textConnection(chartr("-:","\t\t",readLines("your.data.file.tab"))))

HTH,

Chuck
I would like to have the resulting data as a data frame so each column is a
variable.

Thanks,

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help splitting a data frame

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