How does one convert objects c("a","b","c") and "d" into "abcd"? > paste(c("a","b","c"), "d") of course yields [1] "a d" "b d" "c d" -- Ajay Shah http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah ajayshah at mayin.org http://ajayshahblog.blogspot.com <*(:-? - wizard who doesn't know the answer.
Hi, See collapse argument in ?paste R> paste( paste(c("a","b","c"), collapse = ""), "d", sep = "") [1] "abcd" Cheers, Romain Ajay Shah wrote:> How does one convert objects c("a","b","c") and "d" into "abcd"? > > > paste(c("a","b","c"), "d") > of course yields > [1] "a d" "b d" "c d" >-- Mango Solutions data analysis that delivers Tel: +44(0) 1249 76 77 00 Fax: +44(0) 1249 76 77 07 Mob: +44(0) 7813 52 61 23
First 'c' and then 'paste' with 'collapse': paste(collapse="", c(c("a", "b", "c"), "d")) See ?paste G. On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 04:26:17PM +0530, Ajay Shah wrote:> How does one convert objects c("a","b","c") and "d" into "abcd"? > > > paste(c("a","b","c"), "d") > of course yields > [1] "a d" "b d" "c d" > > -- > Ajay Shah http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah > ajayshah at mayin.org http://ajayshahblog.blogspot.com > <*(:-? - wizard who doesn't know the answer. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- Csardi Gabor <csardi at rmki.kfki.hu> UNIL DGM
have a look at the collapse argument in ?paste. paste(paste(c("a","b","c"), collapse = ""), "d", sep = "")) HTH, Thierry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ir. Thierry Onkelinx Instituut voor natuur- en bosonderzoek / Research Institute for Nature and Forest Cel biometrie, methodologie en kwaliteitszorg / Section biometrics, methodology and quality assurance Gaverstraat 4 9500 Geraardsbergen Belgium tel. + 32 54/436 185 Thierry.Onkelinx op inbo.be www.inbo.be Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say. ~William W. Watt A statistical analysis, properly conducted, is a delicate dissection of uncertainties, a surgery of suppositions. ~M.J.Moroney -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: r-help-bounces op r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces op r-project.org] Namens Ajay Shah Verzonden: maandag 17 maart 2008 11:56 Aan: r-help Onderwerp: [R] How does one do simple string concatenation? How does one convert objects c("a","b","c") and "d" into "abcd"? > paste(c("a","b","c"), "d") of course yields [1] "a d" "b d" "c d" -- Ajay Shah http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah ajayshah op mayin.org http://ajayshahblog.blogspot.com <*(:-? - wizard who doesn't know the answer. ______________________________________________ R-help op r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Henrique Dallazuanna
2008-Mar-17 11:12 UTC
[R] How does one do simple string concatenation?
Try; paste(c(c("a","b","c"), "d"), collapse="") On 17/03/2008, Ajay Shah <ajayshah at mayin.org> wrote:> How does one convert objects c("a","b","c") and "d" into "abcd"? > > > paste(c("a","b","c"), "d") > of course yields > [1] "a d" "b d" "c d" > > -- > Ajay Shah http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah > ajayshah at mayin.org http://ajayshahblog.blogspot.com > <*(:-? - wizard who doesn't know the answer. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paran?-Brasil 25? 25' 40" S 49? 16' 22" O