Try this , save your data in C:/ and write this (data <- read.csv2("c:/jill.csv", sep=",")) (C<-data[1,]) A <- numeric(4) B <- numeric(4) for (i in 1 :4){ A[i] <- paste(data[1,i],data[2,i]) B[i] <- paste(data[1,i],data[3,i]) } A B (data1 <- rbind(as.character(A),as.character(B))) (data2 <- rbind(C,data1)) normaly that gives that > (data <- read.csv2("c:/jill.csv", sep=",")) V1 V2 V3 V4 1 DPA1* DPA1* DPB1* DPB1* 2 103 104 401 601 3 103 103 301 402 > (C<-data[1,]) V1 V2 V3 V4 1 DPA1* DPA1* DPB1* DPB1* > A <- numeric(4) > B <- numeric(4) > for (i in 1 :4){ + A[i] <- paste(data[1,i],data[2,i]) + B[i] <- paste(data[1,i],data[3,i]) + } > A [1] "DPA1* 103" "DPA1* 104" "DPB1* 401" "DPB1* 601" > B [1] "DPA1* 103" "DPA1* 103" "DPB1* 301" "DPB1* 402" > > (data1 <- rbind(as.character(A),as.character(B))) [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [1,] "DPA1* 103" "DPA1* 104" "DPB1* 401" "DPB1* 601" [2,] "DPA1* 103" "DPA1* 103" "DPB1* 301" "DPB1* 402" > (data2 <- rbind(C,data1)) V1 V2 V3 V4 1 DPA1* DPA1* DPB1* DPB1* 2 DPA1* 103 DPA1* 104 DPB1* 401 DPB1* 601 3 DPA1* 103 DPA1* 103 DPB1* 301 DPB1* 402 > Hope that helps!!! inchallah yarab ________________________________ De : Jill Hollenbach <jhollenb...@chori.org> À : r-help@r-project.org Envoyé le : Mercredi, 12 Août 2009, 3h48mn 37s Objet : [R] paste first row string onto every string in column Hi, I am trying to edit a data frame such that the string in the first line is appended onto the beginning of each element in the subsequent rows. The data looks like this: > df V1 V2 V3 V4 1 DPA1* DPA1* DPB1* DPB1* 2 0103 0104 0401 0601 3 0103 0103 0301 0402 . . and what I want is this: >dfnew V1 V2 V3 V4 1 DPA1* DPA1* DPB1* DPB1* 2 DPA1*0103 DPA1*0104 DPB1*0401 DPB1*0601 3 DPA1*0103 DPA1*0103 DPB1*0301 DPB1*0402 any help is much appreciated, I am new to this and struggling. Jill ___ Jill Hollenbach, PhD, MPH Assistant Staff Scientist Center for Genetics Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute jhollenb...@chori.org -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/paste-first-row-string-onto-every-string-in-column-tp24928720p24928720.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. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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