[R] character vector to text with returns

[Bert Gunter]

Is something like this what you want?

x <- letters[1:4]
x
y <-do.call(paste,c( paste('"',x[1]), as.list(x[2:3]),
paste(x[4],'"'),sep="\n"))
y
cat(y,"\n")

-- Bert


On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Ben qant <ccquant at gmail.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately that didn't work. I just says the text is an invalid argument.
> I also tried saving it in a variable name and passed that in, but that
> didn't work. I get:
>
> Error in ls(envir = envir, all.names = private) :
>  invalid 'envir' argument
>
> ...when I try to send the message.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Henrique Dallazuanna <wwwhsd at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Try:
>>
>> paste(c("a", "b", "c"), collapse = "\n")
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Ben qant <ccquant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know how to convert this:
>>> > msg
>>>  [1] "a"
>>>  [2] "b"
>>>  [3] "c"
>>>
>>>
>>> To:
>>>
>>> > msg
>>> "a
>>>  b
>>>  c"
>>>
>>> In other words, I need to convert a character vector to a single string
>>> with
>>> carriage returns for each row.
>>>
>>> Functionally, I'm attempting to send an email of a character vector in a
>>> way
>>> that is readable in the email body. I can only input one string as the
>>> message body parameter. I'm using rJython to send the email because I need
>>> authentication.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
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