I have a data set like below: Country Region Molecule Item Code IND NA PB102 FR206985511 THAI AP PB103 BA-107603 / F000113361 / 107603 LUXE NA PB105 1012701 / SGP-1012701 / F041701000 IND AP PB106 AU206985211 / CA-F206985211 THAI HP PB107 F034702000 / 1010701 / SGP-1010701 BANG NA PB108 F000007970/25781/20009021 I want to split based the string values in ITEMCODE column on / and create a new row for each entry. For instance, the desired output will be: Country Region Molecule Item Code New row IND NA PB102 FR206985511 FR206985511 THAI AP PB103 BA-107603 / F000113361 / 107603 F000113361 107603 BA-107603 LUXE NA PB105 1012701 / SP-1012701 / F041701000 1012701 SP-1012701 F041701000 IND AP PB106 AU206985211 / CA-F206985211 AU206985211 CA-F206985211 THAI HP PB107 F034702000 / 1010701 / SP-1010701 F034702000 1010701 SP-1010701 BANG NA PB108 F000007970/25781/20009021 F000007970 25781 20009021 I tried the below code library(splitstackshape) df2=concat.split.multiple(df1,"Plant.Item.Code","/", direction="long") but got the Error "Error: memory exhausted (limit reached?)" When i tried strsplit() i got the below error message. Error in strsplit(df1$Plant.Item.Code, "/") : non-character argument Any help from you will be appreciated.