Hi,
Fortunately, I found a way.
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> dt <- data.frame(a = c(1, 2, 3), b = c(3, 2, 2), c = c(1, 3, 5))
>
> for(i in 1:2){
> dt[, paste("test", i, sep = "")] <- rep(i, 3)
> }
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Thanks.
Best,
Dong-hyun Oh
On Jun 26, 2008, at 6:34 PM, Jorge Ivan Velez wrote:
>
> Dear Dong-hyun,
>
> What about
>
> dt <- data.frame(a = c(1, 2, 3), b = c(3, 2, 2), c = c(1, 3, 5))
> test=matrix(rep(c(1,2),each=3),ncol=2)
> colnames(test)=paste('test',1:2,sep="")
> cbind(dt,test)
>
> ?
>
> HTH,
>
> Jorge
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Dong-hyun Oh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> Dear UseRs,
>
> I would like to know the way to create a new column by naming it
> simultaneously.
> For example, in for() loop I want to create columns named as
> paste("test", i, sep = ""), as shown below.
>
> ----------------------------
> dt <- data.frame(a = c(1, 2, 3), b = c(3, 2, 2), c = c(1, 3, 5))
>
> for(i in 1:2){
> dt$as.name(paste("test", i, sep = "")) <- rep(i, 3)
> }
> --------------------------
>
> Error message of above command is as follows:
> --------------------------
> Error in dt$as.name(paste("test", i, sep = "")) <- rep(i, 3) :
> target of assignment expands to non-language object
> --------------------------
>
>
> The structure of data.frame I want is as follows:
> > dt
> a b c test1 test2
> 1 3 2 1 2
> 2 2 3 1 2
> 3 2 5 1 2
>
> Any help?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> =========================================================
> Dong-hyun Oh
> Center of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies
> Royal Institute or Technology, Sweden
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