[R] Extract

[Robert Knight]

I would split dat$string into it's own vector, break it apart at the spaces
into an array, and then place dat$year and dat$sex in positions 1 and 2 of
that newly created array.





On Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 12:52 PM Val <valkremk using gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I want to extract new variables from a string and add it to the dataframe.
> Sample data is csv file.
>
> dat<-read.csv(text="Year, Sex,string
> 2002,F,15 xc Ab
> 2003,F,14
> 2004,M,18 xb 25 35 21
> 2005,M,13 25
> 2006,M,14 ac 256 AV 35
> 2007,F,11",header=TRUE)
>
> The string column has  a maximum of five variables. Some rows have all
> and others may not have all the five variables. If missing then  fill
> it with NA,
> Desired result is shown below,
>
>
> Year,Sex,string, S1, S2, S3 S4,S5
> 2002,F,15 xc Ab, 15,xc,Ab, NA, NA
> 2003,F,14, 14,NA,NA,NA,NA
> 2004,M,18 xb 25 35 21,18, xb, 25, 35, 21
> 2005,M,13 25,13, 25,NA,NA,NA
> 2006,M,14 ac 256 AV 35, 14, ac, 256, AV, 35
> 2007,F,11, 11,NA,NA,NA,NA
>
> Any help?
> Thank you in advance.
>
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