strsplit in R not working for $ as split character

Question

> str = "a$b$c"
> astr <- strsplit(str,"$")
> astr
[[1]]
[1] "a$b$c"

Still trying to figure the answer out!

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 07 '15 at 18:25

1

You need to escape it

strsplit(str,"\\$")

answered Jun 07 '15 at 18:25

Michele

no rather, strsplit(str,"[$]") – khanna Jun 07 '15 at 18:32
I just figured it out myself. it is well described in ?strsplit in R. My bad :( – khanna Jun 07 '15 at 18:32
@user3356424 good! The `[` escape I believe is that one used in SQL Server for wildcards escape, like `where col like '%50[%]%'` – Michele Jun 07 '15 at 18:34

agstudy · Answer 2 · 2015-06-07T18:26:23.143

1

Another option is to use , fixed = TRUE option:

strsplit(str,"$",fixed=TRUE) 
## [1] "a" "b" "c"

edited Jun 07 '15 at 18:26

answered Jun 07 '15 at 18:25

agstudy

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