Thanks, everyone! I knew it had to be simple, just didn't know the magic
word to search on. I'm off!
On 8/11/05, Berton Gunter <gunter.berton@gene.com>
wrote:>
> ?assign
>
> -- Bert Gunter
> Genentech Non-Clinical Statistics
> South San Francisco, CA
>
> "The business of the statistician is to catalyze the scientific
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: r-help-bounces@stat.math.ethz.ch
> > [mailto:r-help-bounces@stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of David
> > L. Van Brunt, Ph.D.
> > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:38 AM
> > To: Peter Dalgaard
> > Cc: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
> > Subject: Re: [R] Creating new columns inside a loop
> >
> > Ok, here's an english pseudo coded version of what I'd like to
do...
> >
> > 10 columns of (somedata)
> > names(somedata): C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
> > Loop through each column
> > FOR ColName = C1 through C5
> > Compute a new column, named "ColNameA" = some result for
each row
> > Compute another new Column named ColNameB" = some other
> > result for each row
> > NEXTColName
> >
> > Desired Result:
> > Names(somedata): C1 C1A C1B C2 C2A C2B C3 C3A C3B C4 C4A C4B
> > C5 C5A C5B
> >
> > So, basically, my question is how to both address and assign
> > the names of
> > the variables rather than the values of the variables while
> > coding my loop.
> > I hope that's clearer... kind of hard to explain!
> >
> > On 10 Aug 2005 21:55:01 +0200, Peter Dalgaard
> > <p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > "David L. Van Brunt, Ph.D."
<dlvanbrunt@gmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > Ok, I know R isn't an optimal environment for looping
(or
> > so I've heard)
> > > but
> > > > I have a need to loop through columns of data and create
> > new columns of
> > > data
> > > > based on calculations within rows...
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure there's a help file, but I'm not sure
what
> > search terms to use
> > > to
> > > > find it! The problem is that these new columns need to
> > have names that I
> > > can
> > > > later access... Like NewVar1, NewVar2, etc....
> > > >
> > > > In php I'd call this "indirection" but I'm
not sure what
> > to call it in R
> > > so
> > > > that I can find instructions on how to create, name, and
> > address the
> > > values
> > > > stored this way...
> > > >
> > > > any gentle nudges in the right direction would be greatly
> > appreciated!
> > >
> > > A little more information about what you're actually trying
> > to do and
> > > I'm sure someone will give you a nudge with a sledgehammer...
> > >
> > > At present, your description is just that little bit too
nebulous.
> > >
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> > David L. Van Brunt, Ph.D.
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