[R] Numeric Characters in String

[Eik Vettorazzi]

Hi Karl,
both strategies are possible using gsub:
gsub("([0-9]*).*","\\1",str) #extract numbers
gsub("[^0-9]","",str)  #remove all non-numeric characters

wrap it nicely in an "as.numeric" call to get numeric values.

cheers.

Am 16.09.2011 11:13, schrieb Karl Weinmayer:
> Dear all,
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> I have a vector, which looks about like this:
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> str <- c("14.XYZ", "15.ABCDE", "16.dkieowo", "120.EIDKAI")
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> I need to extract the numerical characters out of the string, so I receive
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> vec <- c(14, 15, 16, 120)
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> I need a generic solution for this. My actual vector contains about 403
> strings, and it is bound to change with different versions of my
> calculations. So I need something that either extracts all numeric
> characters or deletes everything else.
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> I hope you can help me out.
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> Best,
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> Karl
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