[R] subset a string

[Simon Blomberg]

substr(x,1,3)

On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 21:32 -0800, Nick Matzke wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This has got to be easy, but for some reason the simplest things can be 
> the hardest to find help on in R.
> 
> How the heck do I subset a string?
> 
> e.g.,
> 
> x = "abcdef"
> 
> I just want the first 3 characters.
> 
> Cheers!
> Nick
> 
> 
> 

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