Re: [R-sig-eco] How to remove space among columns

Thank you very much to all of you. I tried the Bret Collier suggestion and it worked. Best, Manuel 2013/3/27 Bret Collier > l=data.frame(col1=c(0,1,0), col2=c(1,0,1), col3=c(1, 0, 1), col4=c(0, 0, > 1), col5=c("a", "a", "b"), col6=c("c", "d", "d")) > ll=paste(l$col1, l$col2, l$col3, l$col4,

Re: [R-sig-eco] How to remove space among columns

l=data.frame(col1=c(0,1,0), col2=c(1,0,1), col3=c(1, 0, 1), col4=c(0, 0, 1), col5=c("a", "a", "b"), col6=c("c", "d", "d")) ll=paste(l$col1, l$col2, l$col3, l$col4, sep="") data.frame(ll, a=l$col5, b=l$col6) see ?paste bret On 3/27/2013 8:15 AM, Manuel Spínola wrote: Thank you very much to all

Re: [R-sig-eco] How to remove space among columns

Manuel, you've been provided by a few alternatives. Here's mine. x <- read.table(text ="col1 col2 col3 col4 col5 col6 01 1 0 ac 10 0 0 ad 01 1 1 bd", header = TRUE) x$newx <- apply(x[, 1:4], 1, paste, collapse = "") >

Re: [R-sig-eco] How to remove space among columns

Hi Manuel, try this combination of paste(), which collapse your variables into a single one, and cbind() for binding this new variable with the others of your initial data frame mat=as.data.frame(matrix(1:18,3,6)) mat2=cbind(newV=with(mat,paste(V1,V2,V3,V4,sep="")),mat[,5:6]) is it what you wa

Re: [R-sig-eco] How to remove space among columns

Hi Manuel, You can use the function "paste" paste(col1,col2.col3,col4, sep = "") in a new data frame. data.frame( col1 = paste(col1,col2.col3,col4, sep = ""), col2 = col5, col3 = col6) I think it will work Yu-Chun 2013/3/27 Manuel Spínola : > Thank you very much to all that answered my questi

Re: [R-sig-eco] How to remove space among columns

Thank you very much to all that answered my question, some one of you asked me to be more specific, here is my question again: I hava a data frame: col1 col2 col3 col4 col5 col6 01 1 0 ac 10 0 0 ad 01 1 1 bd I want to en

Re: [R-sig-eco] How to remove space among columns

How do you want to remove the space, so that when you print a data frame that the columns are closer together? Pr perhaps you're trying to merge column names into a single string? Perhaps something third? Can you expand your answer? Cheers, Roman 2013/3/27 Manuel Spínola > Dera list members,

[R-sig-eco] How to remove space among columns

Dera list members, How to remove spaces among columns in a data frame. 1 2 3 4 to become 1234 Best, Manuel -- *Manuel Spínola, Ph.D.* Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre Universidad Nacional Apartado 1350-3000 Heredia COSTA RICA mspin...@una.ac.cr mspinol...@gm