[R] Use quotes on a FOR LOOP R

[Mercier Eloi]

for (n in LIST2) print(as.character(n))
[1] "Michael"
[1] "Dana"
[1] "Rob"

Eloi

On 12-04-24 12:22 PM, R. Michael Weylandt wrote:
> Don't you just want
>
> LIST<- as.data.frame(LIST, stringsAsFactors = FALSE) # Avoid making factors
>
> for(n in LIST) print(n)
>
> But I can't understand why you want to do it this way.... I'll presume
> this makes more sense in your application.
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 2:29 PM, michaelyb<cel81009759 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Hello All!
>>
>> I need some help to get a FOR LOOP to print the interactor with the
>> quotation mark.
>>
>> Let me be more specific:
>>
>> I have the following:
>> cbind("Michael","Dana","Rob")->LIST
>>
>> outcome:
>>      [,1]      [,2]   [,3]
>> [1,] "Michael" "Dana" "Rob"
>>
>> UNFORTUNATELY, I need to do the following:
>> as.data.frame.list(LIST)->LIST2
>> rm(LIST)
>>
>> outcome:
>>   X.Michael. X.Dana. X.Rob.
>> 1    Michael    Dana    Rob
>>
>> My problem:
>> I tried the following LOOP:
>> for (n in LIST2)print((paste("\'",n,"\'"))
>>
>> outcome:
>> [1] "*'* Michael *'*"
>> [1] "*'* Dana*'*"
>> [1] "*'* Rob*'*"
>>
>> How can I get the following instead:
>> [1] "Michael"
>> [1] "Dana"
>> [1] "Rob"
>>
>> Detail: I cannot use the first LIST to do the FOR LOOP since I need to
>> remove it first.
>> Any help, please?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
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