stringr (version 0.6.2)

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

Description

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

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 ""

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.

See Also

str_split for variable number of splits

Examples

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)