[R] for loop

[Greg Snow]

Don't use the assign function (it is not even clear what you are trying to do with it).

Here is a better approach based on your code:

> cc <- list()
> d <- 1
> for (i in data) {
+   cc[[d]] <- table( ...
+   d <- d + 1
+ }

Hope this helps,

-- 
Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
801.408.8111


> -----Original Message-----
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> project.org] On Behalf Of n.vialma at libero.it
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 7:54 AM
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> Subject: [R] for loop
> 
> 
> Dear list,
> in the following loop im generating objects of type table. What I would
> like to do is to put all those objects together in a list (that i
> called cc).I did this but the result is not what i espect to get:
> 
> 
> 
> cc=list()
> d=1
> for (i in data) {
> cc=list(cc,assign(paste("n",d,sep=""),table(i,subsample$vD31NADD)))
> d=d+1}
> I know that this won't work properly:
> 
> cc=list(cc,assign(paste("n",d,sep=""),table(i,subsample$vD31NADD)))
> but I dont know a way to add to my list the new objects generated at
> each step of the loop.
> Thanks for your attention!
> 
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