Don't do this! paste() is vectorized. paste (BndY,"to",50+seq_len(BndY), "mN", sep = " ")
Cheers, Bert On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 3:31 PM, B77S <bps0...@auburn.edu> wrote: > out <- vector("list") > Ylab <- for(i in 1:length(BndY)) > { > out[i] <- paste(BndY[i]," to ",BndY[i],"mN") > } > > Ylab <- do.call(c, out) > > > > > > > markm0705 wrote >> >> Dear R helpers >> >> I'm trying to make up some labels for plot from this vector >> >> BndY<-seq(from = 18900,to= 19700, by = 50) >> >> using >> >> Ylab<-for(i in BndY) {c((paste(i," to ",i+50,"mN")))} >> >> but the vector created is NULL >> >> However if i use >> >> for(i in BndY) {print(c(paste(i," to ",i+50,"mN")))} >> >> I can see the for loop is making the labels I'm looking for but not sure >> on my error in assigning them to a vector >> >> Thanks in advance >> > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Looping-and-paste-tp4101892p4102066.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics Internal Contact Info: Phone: 467-7374 Website: http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.