[R] avoiding a loop?

[Marc Schwartz]

On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 12:43 -0400, Charles Annis, P.E. wrote:
> I have a vector, (not a list)
> > repeated.measures.FACTOR.names
> [1] "Insp1" "Insp2" "Insp3" "Insp4" "Insp5" "Insp6" "Insp7" "Insp8" "Insp9"
>  
> and would like to convert this into a single string
> "Insp1,Insp2,Insp3,Insp4,Insp5,Insp6,Insp7,Insp8,Insp9"
> 
> I can do that with a loop, but isn't there a more elegant way?
> 
> > result <- repeated.measures.FACTOR.names[[1]]
> > for(i in 2:length(repeated.measures.FACTOR.names)) {
> result <- paste(result, repeated.measures.FACTOR.names[[i]], sep=",") }
> > result
> [1] "Insp1,Insp2,Insp3,Insp4,Insp5,Insp6,Insp7,Insp8,Insp9"
> > 

paste() is vectorized and note the use of 'collapse' in lieu of 'sep':

> paste(repeated.measures.FACTOR.names, collapse = ",")
[1] "Insp1,Insp2,Insp3,Insp4,Insp5,Insp6,Insp7,Insp8,Insp9"


HTH,

Marc Schwartz