I can't understand non-words with that many letters. I think this is what you are looking for:
> tmp <- c(A="a",B="b",C="c",D="d") > names(tmp) [1] "A" "B" "C" "D" > tmp A B C D "a" "b" "c" "d" > ## change values of B and C to "x" and "y" > names(tmp) %in% c("B","C") [1] FALSE TRUE TRUE FALSE > tmp[names(tmp) %in% c("B","C")] B C "b" "c" > tmp[names(tmp) %in% c("B","C")] <- c("x","y") > tmp A B C D "a" "x" "y" "d" > If not, please ask the question again with simpler-appearing vectors and show us what you would like the answer to be. On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:37 PM Ana Marija <sokovic.anamar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > sorry not replace with NA but with empty string for a name, for example > > for example this: > > > geneSymbol["Ku8QhfS0n_hIOABXuE"] > Ku8QhfS0n_hIOABXuE > "MACC1" > > would go when I subject it to > > > geneSymbol["Ku8QhfS0n_hIOABXuE"] > > Ku8QhfS0n_hIOABXuE > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 11:35 AM Ana Marija <sokovic.anamar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I have a vector like this: > > > > > head(geneSymbol) > > Ku8QhfS0n_hIOABXuE Bx496XsFXiAlj.Eaeo W38p0ogk.wIBVRXllY > > QIBkqIS9LR5DfTlTS8 BZKiEvS0eQ305U0v34 6TheVd.HiE1UF3lX6g > > "MACC1" "GGACT" "A4GALT" > > "NPSR1-AS1" "NPSR1-AS1" "AAAS" > > > > it has around 15000 entries. How do I replace all values with NA > > expect these that are named like this: > > > > geneSymbol[c("0lQ1XozriVZTn.PezY","uaeFiCdegrnWFijF_s","ZOluqaxSe3ndekoNng","912ny6eCHjnlY2XSCU","odF3XHR8CVl4SAUaUQ")] > > > > > > > geneSymbol[c("0lQ1XozriVZTn.PezY","uaeFiCdegrnWFijF_s","ZOluqaxSe3ndekoNng","912ny6eCHjnlY2XSCU","odF3XHR8CVl4SAUaUQ")] > > 0lQ1XozriVZTn.PezY uaeFiCdegrnWFijF_s ZOluqaxSe3ndekoNng > > 912ny6eCHjnlY2XSCU odF3XHR8CVl4SAUaUQ > > "FLCN" "FLCN" "FLCN" > > "UCA1" "IL1B" > > > > Thanks > > Ana > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.