[R] incrementing for loop by 2

Marc Schwartz marc_schwartz at comcast.net
Thu Jul 24 16:07:45 CEST 2008


on 07/24/2008 07:59 AM Clark, Jennifer H wrote:
> Dear List-serv members: How can I structure a for loop so that it
> will increment the counter by two using R?  I am just looking for a
> simple example that shows where the incrementing part should go.
> Thanks!

It would be helpful to have an idea of what you are trying to 
accomplish, as there may very well be a better way than using a 'for' loop.

That being said:

 > for (i in seq(0, 10, 2)) print(i)
[1] 0
[1] 2
[1] 4
[1] 6
[1] 8
[1] 10


See ?seq

HTH,

Marc Schwartz



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