[R] Checking for similar file names in two different directories

Richard O'Keefe r@oknz @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Fri Dec 27 02:34:12 CET 2019


I think you had better start by defining what you mean by "similar".
Examples are good, but not enough.

On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 at 06:54, Thomas Subia <tsubia using imgprecision.com> wrote:
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> Colleagues,
>
> I have two locations where my data resides.
> One folder is for data taken under treatment A
> One folder is for data taken under treatment B
>
> "G:\ 0020-49785 10806.xls"
> "Q:\ 301864 4519 10806.xls"
>
> Here the 10806 is the part which is common to both directories.
>
> Is there a way to have R extract parts common to both directories?
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