-1"></a><span class="co"># base</span></span>
<span id="cb30-6"><a href="#cb30-6" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">strsplit</span>(fruits, <span class="st">&quot; and &quot;</span>)</span>
<span id="cb30-7"><a href="#cb30-7" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#&gt; [[1]]</span></span>
<span id="cb30-8"><a href="#cb30-8" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#&gt; [1] &quot;apples&quot;  &quot;oranges&quot; &quot;pears&quot;   &quot;bananas&quot;</span></span>
<span id="cb30-9"><a href="#cb30-9" tabindex="-1"