Parse semicolon-delimited strings into list-column

Splits semicolon-separated strings (common in Scopus/WoS exports) into character vectors, trimming whitespace.

Usage

split_field(x, sep = ";")

Arguments

x

A character vector of semicolon-delimited strings.

sep

Character. Delimiter. Default ";".

Value

A list of character vectors.

Examples

split_field(c("Alice; Bob; Carol", "Dave; Eve"))
#> [[1]]
#> [1] "Alice" "Bob"   "Carol"
#> 
#> [[2]]
#> [1] "Dave" "Eve" 
#>