qdap (version 2.4.6)

colSplit: Separate a Column Pasted by paste2

Description

Separates a paste2 column into separate columns.

Usage

colSplit(column, col.sep = ".", name.sep = "&")

Value

Returns a dataframe of split columns.

Arguments

column

The pasted vector.

col.sep

The column separator used in paste2.

name.sep

Name separator used in the column (generally for internal use with colsplit2df).

See Also

colsplit2df, paste2

Examples

if (FALSE) {
foo1 <- paste2(CO2[, 1:3])
head(foo1, 12)
bar1 <- colSplit(foo1)
head(bar1, 10)

foo2  <- paste2(mtcars[, 1:3], sep="|")
head(foo2, 12)
bar2 <- colSplit(foo2, col.sep = "|")
head(bar2, 10)
}