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String Split into list R

Extract words from a string and make a list in R

str <- "qwerty keyboard"
result <- strsplit(str,"[[:space:]]")

What I get was..(down below)

result
[[1]]
[1] "qwerty" "keyboard"

What I need is..(down below)

result
[[1]]
[1] "qwerty"
[[2]]
[1] "keyboard"

[OR]

result
[[1]]
[1] "qwerty"
[2] "keyboard"

I am looking for a solution, if someone knows please post your solution here. thanks in advance..

Solution

  • try: 

    str <- "qwerty keyboard"
result_1 <- strsplit(str,"[[:space:]]")[[1]][1]
result_2 <- strsplit(str,"[[:space:]]")[[1]][2]
result <- list(result_1,result_2)

    Or

    as.list(strsplit(str, '\\s+')[[1]])