Extract word from a String at specified position in R Programming – word() Function

word() Function in R Language is used to extract words from a string from the position specified as argument.

Syntax: word(string, position)

Parameter:
string: From which word needs to be extracted
position: Specified Index value

Example 1:

# R Program to illustrate
# the use of word function

# Loading Library
library(stringr)

# Creating a string
x <- "Geeks for Geeks"

# Extracting word
word(x, 2)

Output:

[1] "for"

Example 2:

# R Program to illustrate
# the use of word function

# Loading Library
library(stringr)

# Creating a string
x <- "abc bcd 100 efg"

# Extracting words
word(x, 2, 4)

Output:

[1] "bcd 100 efg"