[R] alternative way to replicate()

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

have a look at ?paste(), e.g.,

paste(rep(2, 3), collapse = ",")

and if you need a comma at the end, then you can again use paste(),

paste(paste(rep(2, 3), collapse = ","), ",", sep = "")


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris


Liviu Andronic wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I'm looking for an alternative way to replicate the "2," string for an
> x number of times, and end up with one string containing "2," x times.
> I can partly achieve this using replicate().
>> y <- rep("2,", times=3)
>> y
> [1] "2," "2," "2,"
> 
> The output that I am looking for is, however, "2,2,2,". I also tried
> to append(), with similar (unsatisfactory) results.
>> z <- for (i in 1:3) {
> + z <- append(z, y[i])}
>> z
> [1] "2," "2," "2,"
> 
> Could anyone suggest how "2," can be replicated to "2,2,2,"?
> Thank you,
> Liviu
> 
> 
> 
> 

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