[R] separate a variable in several variables

[Peter Alspach]

Tena koe

Try:

gsub('[[:alpha:]]', '', unlist(DATA)) and
gsub('[[:digit:]]', '', unlist(DATA))

unlist(DATA) since it looks like DATA maybe a dataframe.

You are still left with the spaces, but these can be readily removed.
Someone else may offer a better solution.

HTH ...

Peter Alspach

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> Subject: [R] separate a variable in several variables
> 
> 
> Hello R users,
> Imagine the data frame DATA with the variable x which is 
> composed by numeric and alpha caracters.
> 
> > DATA
>      x
> 1   12F
> 2   13 AD
> 3   356PO
> 4   1D
> 5   GRT
> 6   PO52
> 7   LN4Z
> 
> Is there a way to separarate x in 2 variables:
> y: only numeric caracters
> z: only alpha caracters
> For exemple:
>      x           y          z
> 1   12F        12         F
> 2   13 AD     13         AD
> 3   356PO     356      PO
> 4   1D          1         D
> 5   GRT        0         GRT
> 6   PO52      52      PO
> 7   LN4Z      4         LNZ
> 
> Kind regards
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