[R] easy way of paste

2013-03-21 Thread Yuan, Rebecca
Hello, Is there a better way to use paste such as: a = paste(colnames(list.indep)[1],colnames(list.indep)[2],colnames(list.indep)[3],colnames(list.indep)[4],colnames(list.indep)[5],sep=+) a [1] aa+dummy1+dummy2+bb+cc I tried a = paste(colnames(list.indep)[1:5],sep=+) a [1] aa

Re: [R] easy way of paste

2013-03-21 Thread Sarah Goslee
It looks like you want collapse rather than sep: list.indep - data.frame(aa=1:4, dummy1=1:4, dummy2=1:4, bb=1:4, cc=1:4) paste(colnames(list.indep), collapse=+) [1] aa+dummy1+dummy2+bb+cc On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Yuan, Rebecca rebecca.y...@bankofamerica.com wrote: Hello, Is there a

Re: [R] easy way of paste

2013-03-21 Thread arun
, 2013 11:15 AM Subject: [R] easy way of paste Hello, Is there a better way to use paste such as: a = paste(colnames(list.indep)[1],colnames(list.indep)[2],colnames(list.indep)[3],colnames(list.indep)[4],colnames(list.indep)[5],sep=+) a [1] aa+dummy1+dummy2+bb+cc I tried a = paste

Re: [R] easy way of paste

2013-03-21 Thread Yuan, Rebecca
Hello Sarah, Yes, that is what I want. Thanks! Cheers, Rebecca -Original Message- From: Sarah Goslee [mailto:sarah.gos...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:21 AM To: Yuan, Rebecca Cc: R help Subject: Re: [R] easy way of paste It looks like you want collapse rather than

Re: [R] easy way of paste

2013-03-21 Thread Yuan, Rebecca
Hello A.K., Thanks! I use collapse instead of sep and get the answer. Cheers, Rebecca -Original Message- From: arun [mailto:smartpink...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:21 AM To: Yuan, Rebecca Cc: R help Subject: Re: [R] easy way of paste  dat2-as.data.frame(matrix(1:20