[R] join chars in loops

Dimitris Rizopoulos dimitris.rizopoulos at med.kuleuven.be
Fri Apr 25 17:07:22 CEST 2008


look at ?assign(), e.g.,

for (i in 1:11) {
    assign(paste("var", i, sep = ""), i)
}
var1
var2
var10

but I'd prefer to use a list. I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dirkheld" <dirk.bollen at soc.kuleuven.be>
To: <r-help at r-project.org>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 4:40 PM
Subject: [R] join chars in loops


>
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to create new vars in a loop
>
> For instance:
>
> for (i in 1:11)
> var'i' <- assign something
>
> output =
> var1
> var2
> ...
> var11
>
> Is there a way to combine/join the value of 'i' to the string/char 
> var in de
> loop.
>
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