You almost had it:
test1<-substituteString("\\+", "",
test1,global=T)
attr(regexpr("[A-Z]+",test1), "match.length")
Dimitrios Chalvatzis
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[mailto:s-news-owner@lists.biostat.wustl.edu] On
Behalf Of Pravin Jadhav
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:48
PM
To: s-news
Subject: [S] pattern
I have the following vector
> test1<-c("A+B", "A+C+D", "A+G+B")
I am interested in knowing the number of letters in each character
string. The output should be (2, 3, 3).
I can do this when there is no "+" sign in between
>test2<-c("AB","ACD","AGB")
>attr(regexpr("[A-Z]+",test2), "match.length")
I am wondering how to obtain similar output for "test1". Any
pointers are appreciated.
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