[BioC] Gene names

[John Zhang]

>I have gene file in this format, everything in one column (no spaces at all): 
>SFTPB|NM_000542.1|4506904|surfactant, pulmonary-associated protein B
>Is there any way to convert it in this format (into four columns) except
>manually? 
>
>SFTPB                        NM_000542.1               4506904               
>surfactant, pulmonary-associated protein B


try:

unlist(strsplit(yourString, "\\|"))

>
>Any suggestions? 
>
>Narendra 
>
>Dr. Narendra Kaushik
>School of Biosciences, 
>University of Cardiff, 
>Museum Avenue, 
>Cardiff CF10 3US 
>Tel: 029 20 875 153
>
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Jianhua Zhang
Department of Medical Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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