R: Convert a character string into a vector of states or events

seqdecomp {TraMineR} | R Documentation

## Convert a character string into a vector of states or events

### Description

States can be represented by any substring that does not include the `sep` value. An empty separator `sep = ""` can only be used when each state is coded with a single character.

### Usage

     seqdecomp(data, var=NULL, sep='-', miss="NA", vnames=NULL)

### Arguments

`data` | a dataframe, matrix, or character string vector containing sequence data (tibble will be converted with `as.data.frame`).
`var` | the list of columns containing the sequences. Default is `NULL`, ie all the columns. Whether the sequences are in the compressed (character strings) or extended format is automatically detected by counting the number of columns.
`sep` | the between states/events separator used in the input data set. Default is '`-`'.
`miss` | the symbol for missing values (if any) used in the input data set. Default is `NA`.
`vnames` | optional names for the column/variables of the output data set. Default is `NULL`.

### See Also

`seqconc`.

### Examples

    # 1 sequence of length 4
    seqdecomp("A-BB-C-DD")

    # 2 sequences of length 6
    seqdecomp(c("ABBCDD","BBCCAD"),sep="")

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