strsplitx function

Extended string splitting

Can be used as a substitute of the base function. Main claim to fame is easing the split around the defined delimiter, see example.

strsplitx(x, split, type = "classic", perl = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

• x: data
• split: delimiter
• type: Split type. Can be c("classic", "before", "after", "around")
• perl: perl param from strsplit()
• ...: additional parameters are passed to base strsplit handling splits

Returns

list

Examples

test <- c("12 months follow-up", "3 steps", "mRS 6 weeks",
"Counting to 231 now")
strsplitx(test, "[0-9]", type = "around")