separate: Split one column into several

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Split one column into several

Description

Split one column into several

Usage

separate(
  data,
  column,
  into,
  sep,
  remove = TRUE,
  extra = c("warn", "drop", "merge"),
  fill = c("warn", "left", "right")
)

Arguments

data	A data.frame.
column	Name of a single column.
into	Names of the columns produced by splitting.
sep	Separator string.
remove	Drop the source column(s) after the operation.
extra	How to handle extra pieces beyond into.
fill	Value used for positions where no window/result is available.

Value

data with column split into into.

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