R help - Apr 2010 - Convert character vector into string

Hi, how do I convert a character vector into a string?

c("a","b","c")  into "a b c"

Thanks!

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On Apr 28, 2010, at 11:21 PM, Ian Seow wrote:
> Hi, how do I convert a character vector into a string?
>
> c("a","b","c")  into "a b c"
>
> Thanks!
>
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Hi Ian,

I would use paste() for this:
> x <- c("a","b","c")
> x.s <- paste(x, collapse=" ")
> x.s
[1] "a b c"

-Ista

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 4:21 AM, Ian Seow <ianseow at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi, how do I convert a character vector into a string?
>
> c("a","b","c") ?into "a b c"
>
> Thanks!
>
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Ista Zahn
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Department of Clinical and Social Psychology
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