I assume you need to use 'get' to retrieve the value: table_year=1951 for (i in (paste("arunoff_",year,"_temp",sep=""))) { assign(paste("arunoff_",table_year, sep=""),get(paste("arunoff_",table_year,"_temp"))[c(10,7,9,5,4,12,1,3,2,8,11,6),]) table_year = table_year+1 }
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Steve Murray <smurray...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > I am trying to manually re-sort rows in a number of tables. The rows aren't > sorted on any particular values but are simply ordered by user choice (as > shown by the row numbers in the code). I have been able to carry out each > re-arrangement without the use of the 'for' loop, but cannot seem to > successfully execute the statements when incorporated into the loop. The code > I have is as follows: > > table_year=1951 > for (i in (paste("arunoff_",year,"_temp",sep=""))) { > assign(paste("arunoff_",table_year, > sep=""),paste("arunoff_",table_year,"_temp")[c(10,7,9,5,4,12,1,3,2,8,11,6),]) > table_year = table_year+1 > } > > > The error I get is: > > Error in paste("arunoff_", table_year, "_temp")[c(10, 7, 9, 5, 4, 12, : > incorrect number of dimensions > > ...depsite this not occurring when I do each table individually (so it can't > be a case of there not being enough rows, as> dim(arunoff_1951_temp) gives > [1] 12 11 > > I have a feeling that it may be a syntax error, possibly between 'temp' and > the square bracket, but I can't be sure of this. > > > Any solutions or advice offered would be gratefully received. > > Many thanks, > > Steve > > _________________________________________________________________ > [[elided Hotmail spam]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.