[BioC] Replacing commas with new lines in R

[Sean Davis]

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Ovokeraye Achinike-Oduaran
<ovokeraye at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a file that looks like this (the genes column from different
> DAVID functional annotation chart categories). I would like to replace
> the commas with new lines if possible so that I can have a single gene
> per row. How can I possibly do this in R?

Have a look at strsplit().

Sean


> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Avoks
>
> [1] DCD, PPARG, FTO, IGF2BP2, TSPAN8, CDKAL1, LGR5, KCNJ11, TCF7L2,
> THADA, NOTCH2, HHEX, ADAMTS9, CDKN2A, CDKN2B, VEGFA, SYN2, CDC123,
> JAZF1, ADAM30, CAMK1D
> [2] HHEX, CDKN2A, CDKN2B, PPARG, IGF2BP2, CDKAL1, SLC30A8, KCNJ11,
> TCF7L2
> [3] HHEX, CDKN2B, FTO, PPARG, IGF2BP2, CDKAL1, SLC30A8, KCNJ11, TCF7L2
> [4] HHEX, CDKN2A, CDKN2B, PPARG, IGF2BP2, CDKAL1, SLC30A8, KCNJ11,
> TCF7L2
> [5] STRAP, U2AF2, SNRPD1, XAB2, YBX1, SART1, NONO, HNRNPA3, HNRNPK,
> SRRM2, CDC40, DHX15, SRRM1, QKI, LSM2, PRPF31, PTBP1, SF1, RNPS1,
> CDC5L, SF3A2, HNRNPU, RBMY1A1, EIF4A3, SFPQ, KHSRP, RBM38, SNRPE
> [6] MAEA, AURKAIP1, PML, SMAD3, IGF1, CDC16, GAS1, RCC1, PROX1, TGFB1,
> TRIAP1, CDKN2A, CDKN2B, HNF4A, CDC123, PEBP1, RBM38, FOXC1, TPR,
> RAD17, SMARCA4, APC, DLG1
>
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