Hi R-users!
Being new to R, and a fairly advanced Stata-user, I guess part of my problem is
that my mindset (and probably my language as well) is wrong. Anyway, I have
what I guess is a rather simple problem, that I now without success spent days
trying to solve.
I have a bunch of datasets imported from Stata that is labelled aa_2000 aa_2001
aa_2002, etc. Each dataset is imported as a matrix, and consists of one column
only. The columns consists of integer numbers. I need to convert the data to
vectors, which I found several ways to do. I use, for example:
aa_2000 <- as.numeric(aa_2000[,1])
However, when trying to automate the task, so I don't have to write a line of
code for each dataset, I get stuck. Since I'm a Stata user, my first attempt is
trying to make a loop in order to loop over all datasets. However, I manage to
write a loop that works for the left-hand side of the syntax, but not for the
right-hand side.
I have included some examples from my struggles to solve the issue below, what
they all have in common is that I don't manage to call for any "macro" (is that
only a Stata-word?) in the right hand side of the functions. When I try to
replace the static reference with a dynamic one (like in the left-hand side),
the syntax just doesn't work.
I would very much appreciate some help with this issue!
All the best,
Love
year <- 2002
dataname <- paste0("aa_",year)
assign(paste0(dataname), as.numeric(aa_2002[,1]))
year <- 2003
assign(paste0("aa_",year), as.numeric(aa_2003))
year <- 2005
assign(paste0("aa_",year), aa_2005[,1])
list1 <- c(2000:2007)
list1[c(7)]
assign(paste0("aa_",list1[c(7)]), as.numeric(paste0(aa_2006)))
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