[R] problem with paste function

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 9/2/2009 1:28 PM, Phil Spector wrote:
> Fahim -
>     Apparently dataline is a factor, so you'd need to use
> 
>       paste('set g=',as.character(f1))

That shouldn't be necessary:

 > f1 <- factor("abc")
 > paste('set g=', f1)
[1] "set g= abc"

I think we need reproducible code to diagnose this one.

Duncan Murdoch


> 
> 
>  					- Phil Spector
>  					 Statistical Computing Facility
>  					 Department of Statistics
>  					 UC Berkeley
>  					 spector at stat.berkeley.edu
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> 
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Fahim Md wrote:
> 
>> Hi there!!
>> I am having trouble with *paste* function. I dont know how to proceed. I
>> tried many options but i failed miserably.
>> I am using a variable f1 to assign a string as below:
>> f1=dataLine[locAffyProbeID];
>> ( the value of f1 is *244901_at* )
>>
>> Then I am using the paste function
>> paste("set g=", f1);
>>
>> instead of getting *set g=244901_at*, I am getting *set g=23*.
>>
>> I am not able to understand why it is so.
>> Can anyone help!!!!!!!Please..
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> Mohammad Fahim
>>
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