splitstackshape (version 1.0)

concat.split.compact: Split concatenated cells in a data.frame into a condensed format

Description

The default splitting method for concat.split. Uses read.concat to do most of the processing.

Usage

concat.split.compact(data, split.col, sep = ",",
    drop = FALSE, fixed = NULL)

Arguments

data

The source data.frame

split.col

The variable that needs to be split (either name or index position).

sep

The character separating each value.

drop

Logical. Should the original variable be dropped? Defaults to FALSE.

fixed

An unused dummy argument to make the function compatible with concat.split.expanded.

Value

• A data.frame

See Also

read.concat, concat.split, concat.split.list, concat.split.expanded, concat.split.multiple

Examples

temp <- head(concat.test)
concat.split.compact(temp, "Likes")
concat.split.compact(temp, 4, ";")
concat.split.compact(temp, "Siblings", drop = TRUE)

rm(temp)