Here are a couple ways to only keep the text that comes before your pattern, if it exists
a <- "GCUGUGGAGAUAACUGCGC"
b <- "CUGGCUGAGGUAGUAGUUUGUGCUGUUGGUCGGGUUGUGACAUUGCCCGCUGUGGAGAUAACUGCGCAAGC"
strsplit(b, a)[[1]][1]
sub(paste0(a, ".*$"), "", b)
Now, you just need to read the files into R and loop over each pattern. I’m not exactly sure what you are looking for, but here is an idea
# read data into 2 variables, a and b
# you could use readLines() to do read from disk
a <- readLines(textConnection("ACUGUACAGGCCACUGCCUUGC
CUGCGCAAGCUACUGCCUUGCU
UGGAAUGUAAAGAAGUAUGUAU
CGAAUCAUUAUUUGCUGCUCUA
AUCACAUUGCCAGGGAUUACC
UUCACAGUGGCUAAGUUCUGC"))
b <- readLines(textConnection("CCAGGCUGAGGUAGUAGUUUGUACAGUUUGAGGGUCUAUGAUACCACCCGGUACAGGAGAUAACUGUACAGGCCACUGCCUUGCCAGG
CUGGCUGAGGUAGUAGUUUGUGCUGUUGGUCGGGUUGUGACAUUGCCCGCUGUGGAGAUAACUGCGCAAGCUACUGCCUUGCUAG
GCUUGGGACACAUACUUCUUUAUAUGCCCAUAUGAACCUGCUAAGCUAUGGAAUGUAAAGAAGUAUGUAUUUCAGGC
CUGUAGCAGCACAUCAUGGUUUACAUACUACAGUCAAGAUGCGAAUCAUUAUUUGCUGCUCUAG
GGCUGCUUGGGUUCCUGGCAUGCUGAUUUGUGACUUGAGAUUAAAAUCACAUUGCCAGGGAUUACCACGCAACC"))
Now, loop over each value from the first file
lapply(a, function(x) sapply(strsplit(b, x), "[", 1))
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solved Output left or right part of a matched string [closed]