Re: [R] Beginner question: How to replace part of a filename in read.csv?

Thank you both, it works! -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Beginner-question-How-to-replace-part-of-a-filename-in-read-csv-tp3384786p3386724.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __

[R] Beginner question: How to replace part of a filename in read.csv?

I would like to use samp as a part of a filename that I can change. My source files are .csv files with date as the file name, and I would like to be able to type in the date (later perhaps automate this using list.files) and then read the csv and write the pdf automatically. I have tried

Re: [R] Beginner question: How to replace part of a filename in read.csv?

You need to use paste(), as in paste(samp, .csv, sep=) Use that as your filename. Sarah On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:05 AM, pierz s.pier...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to use samp as a part of a filename that I can change. My source files are .csv files with date as the file name, and I would

Re: [R] Beginner question: How to replace part of a filename in read.csv?

paste(samp, .pdf, sep=) [1] 20110317.pdf paste(samp, .csv, sep=) [1] 20110317.csv On Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 10:05 AM, pierz wrote: I would like to use samp as a part of a filename that I can change. My source files are .csv files with date as the file name, and I would like to be able to