R: Split Concatenated Cells into a Condensed Format

concat.split.compact {splitstackshape}

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Split Concatenated Cells into a Condensed Format

Description

The default splitting method for concat.split. Formerly based on read.concat but presently a simple wrapper for cSplit.

Usage

concat.split.compact(data, split.col, sep = ",", drop = FALSE,
  fixed = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

`data`	The source `data.frame` or `data.table`
`split.col`	The variable that needs to be split (either name or index position).
`sep`	The character separating each value.
`drop`	Logical. Should the original variable be dropped? Defaults to `FALSE`.
`fixed`	Logical. Should the split character be treated as a fixed pattern (`TRUE`) or a regular expression (`FALSE`)? Defaults to `TRUE`.
`...`	optional arguments to pass to `cSplit`.

Value

A data.table.

Note

This function no longer does anything different from cSplit. It is recommended that you transition your code to the cSplit function instead.

Author(s)

Ananda Mahto

Examples

temp <- head(concat.test)
concat.split.compact(temp, "Likes")
concat.split.compact(temp, 4, ";")

## Extra arguments to cSplit
concat.split.compact(temp, "Siblings", drop = TRUE, stripWhite = TRUE)

[Package splitstackshape version 1.4.2 Index]