[R] Length of a string

[Marc Schwartz]

Kevin,

Use strsplit(foo,"").

> foo <- "myfoo"
> newfoo <- strsplit(foo,"")
> newfoo
[[1]]
[1] "m" "y" "f" "o" "o"

For more information:

?strsplit

Marc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:owner-r-
> help at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Ko-Kang Kevin Wang
> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 6:17 PM
> To: Ole Christensen
> Cc: R Help
> Subject: Re: [R] Length of a string
> 
> It worked!  Thanks a lot for the prompt reply.
> 
> However this remind me of another question.  If I entered my string
like:
>     foo <- "myfoo"
> then, if there anyway to convert foo into a form that is:
>    c("m", "y", "f", "o", "o")
> directly?
> 
> Thanks again in advance,
> 
> Kevin
> 

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