Break string into list of strings by some fixed character and then extract the desired values around that fixed character

Break string into list of strings by some fixed character and then extract the desired values around that fixed character

Usage

split_string(string_to_split, break_by, to_extract, fixed = TRUE)

Arguments

string_to_split

character: string to be split

break_by

character: character to break string by

to_extract

integer: index of the string to be extracted

fixed

If TRUE match exactly, otherwise use regular expressions

Value

a character vector of the extracted strings

Author

Shahryar Minhas