[R] problem with comparing a part of string with whole string

[jim holtman]

'grep' will tell you if there is a match in the string;

> x <- c("*RIGHT, EPICARDIUM: FOCUS, GRAY-WHITE, SINGLE, APPROX 0.6 CM IN DIAMETER*.","*MEDULLRY TUMOR BENIGN,TYP PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA*")
> grep("GRAY-WHITE", x)
[1] 1
> grep("TUMOR BENIGN", x)
[1] 2

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:39 AM, venkata kirankumar
<kiran4u2all at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I got one problem with comparing strings like if any string is like
>
> "*RIGHT, EPICARDIUM: FOCUS, GRAY-WHITE, SINGLE, APPROX 0.6 CM IN DIAMETER*."
>
> and i have to compare       "*GRAY-WHITE*"        with the above string
>
> or otherwise   i have to compare       " *TUMOR BENIGN*"       this string
> with
>
> "*MEDULLRY TUMOR BENIGN,TYP PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA*"
>
> i tried with split and compare but its not working
>
> can any one suggest how can i compare these type of Strings
>
> thanks in advance
>
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