Hello Sarah, Yes, that is what I want.
Thanks! Cheers, Rebecca -----Original Message----- From: Sarah Goslee [mailto:sarah.gos...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:21 AM To: Yuan, Rebecca Cc: R help Subject: Re: [R] easy way of paste It looks like you want collapse rather than sep: > list.indep <- data.frame(aa=1:4, dummy1=1:4, dummy2=1:4, bb=1:4, > cc=1:4) paste(colnames(list.indep), collapse="+") [1] "aa+dummy1+dummy2+bb+cc" On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Yuan, Rebecca <rebecca.y...@bankofamerica.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a better way to use paste such as: > > a = > paste(colnames(list.indep)[1],colnames(list.indep)[2],colnames(list.in > dep)[3],colnames(list.indep)[4],colnames(list.indep)[5],sep="+") > > > >> a > > [1] "aa+dummy1+dummy2+bb+cc" > > > > I tried > > > > a = paste(colnames(list.indep)[1:5],sep="+") > > > >> a > > [1] "aa" "dummy1" "dummy2" "bb" > "cc" > > But it will not give me the way I want. > > Thanks, > > Rebecca > > -- Sarah Goslee http://www.functionaldiversity.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments, is for the intended r...{{dropped:2}} ______________________________________________ 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.