[R] How to split a character vector into 3 vectors

Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) NordlDJ at dshs.wa.gov
Tue Feb 10 20:28:24 CET 2009


See ?strsplit

Hope this is helpful,

Dan

Daniel J. Nordlund
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Planning, Performance, and Accountability
Research and Data Analysis Division
Olympia, WA  98504-5204
 
 

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> Hi ,
> 
> 
> Does any one know how to split a character vector , I have a 
> vector X that
> looks like this and each row has 3 characters
> 
>   X
> ASK
> DGH
> ASG
> AUJ
> FRT
> 
> I would like to split the vector into 3 vectors that look like this
> 
> X1	X2	X3
> A  	S	K
> D	G	H
> A	S	G
> A	U	J
> U	R	T
> 
> thanks
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