[R] wildcard symbol or character

[john.polo]

Jorge Ivan Velez wrote:
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> Dear John,
>
> Assuming that your information is in the list x, does
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> substr(x,1,2)
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> work for you?
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> HTH,
>
> Jorge
Jorge,
i tried

split(rtt, substr(rtt,1,3))

and that worked also. (i didn't think to nest it when you first 
suggested it.) i just have to clean up the levels thing. thanks!!

now, i look into regex some...

john