stringr (version 0.4)

str_split_fixed: Split up a string into a fixed number of pieces.

Description

Split up a string into a fixed number of pieces.

Usage

str_split_fixed(string, pattern, n)

Arguments

string
input character vector
pattern
pattern to split up by, as defined by a POSIX regular expression. See the ``Extended Regular Expressions'' section of regex for details. If NA, returns original string. If "" spli
n
number of pieces to return. Default (Inf) uses all possible split positions. If n is greater than the number of pieces, the result will be padded with empty strings.

Value

  • character matrix with n columns.

Details

Vectorised over string. pattern should be a single pattern, i.e. a character vector of length one.

See Also

str_split for variable number of splits

Examples

Run this code
fruits <- c(
"apples and oranges and pears and bananas",
"pineapples and mangos and guavas"
)
str_split_fixed(fruits, "and ", 3)
str_split_fixed(fruits, "and ", 4)

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