Split and fetch string subparts

Function to split and fetch string components based on a specific delimiter

Usage

splitAndFetch(vec, delim, part)

Arguments

vec

character vector to apply splitting to

delim

character specifying the delimitor to separate string by

part

integer specifying the part to fetch after splitting

Value

substring based on splitting criteria

Author

Vinay Kartha

Examples

my_string <- c("This_is_random_string.111","Yes_it_is.222")
# Get first part splitting on _
splitAndFetch(vec=my_string,delim="_",part=1)
#> [1] "This" "Yes" 
# Get first two parts splitting on _
splitAndFetch(vec=my_string,delim="_",part=1:2)
#> [1] "This_is" "Yes_it" 
# Get second part splitting on .
splitAndFetch(vec=my_string,delim=".",part=2)
#> [1] "111" "222"