R help - Oct 2012 - parsing a structured object

Hi All,
     Thanks in advance for your help.  I take this to be a very basic
question, but I'm very new to R.
     I'm trying to figure out how to parse an object.  I have the following:

          > fileLocation
               location
          1 foo.csv

          > fileLocation$location
          [1] foo.csv
          Levels: foo.csv

What I want to get back is "foo.csv", as a string.  What is the best
way to
do this?

Thanks,

Ben



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On Oct 23, 2012, at 4:43 PM, BenM wrote:
> Hi All,
>     Thanks in advance for your help.  I take this to be a very basic
> question, but I'm very new to R.
>     I'm trying to figure out how to parse an object.  I have the
following:
> 
>> fileLocation
>               location
>          1 foo.csv
> 
>> fileLocation$location
>          [1] foo.csv
>          Levels: foo.csv
> 
> What I want to get back is "foo.csv", as a string.  What is the
best way to
> do this?
It appears to be a factor. Therefore try:

as.character(fileLocation$location)

And read both  ?factor and R-FAQ 7.10
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