converting a string to an integer vector

Hello,

Try this, It'll maybe help you:

a <- "1,2" 
b <- strsplit(a,",")   #split your data according to ","
b <- unlist(b)  # it creates a list, so we unlist the result to obtain a
vector like c(1,2)





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Thank you very much.  That appears to be what I wanted.



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Depending on what exactly you are trying to accomplish:

as.numeric(unlist(strsplit(a, ",")))

[1] 1 2

read.csv(textConnection(a), header=FALSE)

V1 V2
1  1  2

Sarah

Hi All,
     Thanks in advance for your help.  I'm trying to convert a string to an
integer vector.  For instance, I will start with

a <- "1,2"

The result I want to end up with will be the equivalent of

c(1,2)

What's the best way to make the conversion?  I've tried using as.integer(a),
but R seems to balk at that.

Thanks,

Ben

Sarah Goslee
http://www.functionaldiversity.org

Hi,
You can also try this:
a <- "1,2"

as.numeric(c(gsub("(.*)\\,(.*)","\\1",a), gsub("(.*)\\,(.*)","\\2",a)))
#[1] 1 2






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Thank you very much.? That appears to be what I wanted.



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