[R] Combining the components of a character vector

[Torsten Hothorn]

> Dear Help,
>    Suppose I have a character vector.
>
> x <- c("Bob", "loves", "Sally")
>
> I want to combine it into a single string:  "Bob loves Sally" .
> paste(x) yields:
> paste(x)
> [1] "Bob"   "loves" "Sally"
>

R> x <- c("Bob", "loves", "Sally")
R> paste(x, collapse=" ")
[1] "Bob loves Sally"

best,

Torsten


> The following function combines the character vector into a string in the
> way that I want, but it seems somewhat inelegant.
>
> paste.vector <- function(x, ...) {
> 	output <- NULL
> 	for (i in 1:length(x)) output <- paste(output, x[i], ...)
> 	output	} #end of function definition
>
> paste.vector(x)
> [1] " Bob loves Sally"
>
> Is there a more natural (no loop) way to do this in R?
>
> John Miyamoto
>
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