Re: [R] How to pass variable of for loop on read table text

maybe this should also be a FAQ because i've seen it a lot since I've been on this list ? assign each data.frame to a component of a list, rather than to a component of a dataframe. you also need paste to get the number. listDFs<-list() for ( y in 3:10 ) { listDFs[[y]]<-read.table(paste("te

Re: [R] How to pass variable of for loop on read table text

?paste paste('text',y,'.txt', sep="") and you likely need data[[y]] instead of data$y. On May 23, 2008, at 9:05 PM, Jason Lee wrote: Hi, I have a couple of text and would like to automate of reading these multiple files using (namely; text1.txt, text2.txt) for(y in 3:10){ data$y<-rea

[R] How to pass variable of for loop on read table text

Hi, I have a couple of text and would like to automate of reading these multiple files using (namely; text1.txt, text2.txt) for(y in 3:10){ data$y<-read.table('text$y.txt')} But it seems not allow. Any idea? Thanks. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ___