[R] for loop to list files

[Jeff Newmiller]

You seem overly intent on getting a for loop into your code. Jorge's solution has the same effect as your for loop.
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On April 21, 2014 1:55:38 AM PDT, "Beatriz R. Gonzalez Dominguez" <aguitatierra at hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi Jorge,
>
>Thanks so much! Exactly what I wanted. Finally I wrote:
>
>for(i in 1976:1981){
>PE.files_01_7681 <- paste("val_mapped_petpe_", 1976:i, "01.txt",
>sep="")
>}
>
>Cheers,
>Bea
>
>
>On 21/04/2014 10:46, Jorge I Velez wrote:
>> Hi Beatriz,
>>
>> Try
>>
>> paste("val_mapped_petpe_", 1976:1981, "01.txt", sep="")
>>
>> Best,
>> Jorge.-
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Beatriz R. Gonzalez Dominguez 
>> <aguitatierra at hotmail.com <mailto:aguitatierra at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Dear all,
>>
>>     I'm trying to create a loop to select a series of files into my
>>     computer but I haven't been successful until now. I've looked
>into
>>     different possibilities but none has worked. I'd appretiate if
>you
>>     could help me by providing me with some ideas.
>>
>>     Basically what  I'd like to do is to create a character string
>>     variable [1:5], same as the one that could be obtained with
>>     'list.files', but using a 'for' loop.
>>
>>     This is one of the things I've tried but obviously doesn't yield
>>     the results I would like:
>>
>>     for(i in 1976:1981){
>>       PE.files_01_7681 <- paste("val_mapped_petpe_", i, "01.txt",
>sep="")
>>      paste(PE.files_01_7681[i])
>>     }
>>
>>     Many thanks!
>>
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