How to "expand/explode" a data.frame variable

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Hi,

I would like to "expand" a rather complex data frame by splitting the content of one variable by "|" symbol. To illustrate this problem, I have created an example using the simpler foo data frame. I could use base R to split the content of V2 and V4 and form a new data.frame but it feels like there should be a more elegant solution using tidyverse. Any insight would be welcome.

require(tidyverse)
foo <- data.frame(
  V1 = 1,
  V2 = 'A|B|C',
  V3 = 2,
  V4 = 'X|Y|Z'
)
# Not working
foo %>% mutate(
  V2 = unlist(strsplit(V2, split = "[|]")),
  V4 = unlist(strsplit(V4, split = "[|]"))
)

# Intended result
bar <- data.frame(
  V1 = c(1, 1, 1),
  V2 = c('A', 'B', 'C'),
  V3 = c(2, 2, 2),
  V4 = c('X', 'Y', 'Z')
)
2 
bar2 <- separate_rows(foo,V2,V4)
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Great!
Thanks @nirgrahamuk

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