[R] spliting an integer

[Sundar Dorai-Raj]

Dimitri Szerman wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
>>From the vector X of integers,
> 
> X = c(11999, 122000, 81997)
> 
> I would like to make these two vectors:
> 
> Z= c(1999, 2000, 1997)
> Y =c(1 , 12 , 8)
> 
> That is, each entry of vector Z receives the four last digits of each entry of X, and Y receives "the rest".
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Dimitri
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Try:

X <- c(11999, 122000, 81997)
Y <- X %/% 10000
Z <- X - Y * 10000

See ?Arithmetic for more details.

HTH,

--sundar