R extract first number from string
问题 I have a string in a variable which we call v1. This string states picture numbers and takes the form of "Pic 27 + 28". I want to extract the first number and store it in a new variable called item. Some code that I've tried is: item <- unique(na.omit(as.numeric(unlist(strsplit(unlist(v1),"[^0-9]+"))))) This worked fine, until I came upon a list that went: [1,] "Pic 26 + 25" [2,] "Pic 27 + 28" [3,] "Pic 28 + 27" [4,] "Pic 29 + 30" [5,] "Pic 30 + 29" [6,] "Pic 31 + 32" At this point I get more