Don't you just want
LIST <- as.data.frame(LIST, stringsAsFactors = FALSE) # Avoid making factors
for(n in LIST) print(n)
But I can't understand why you want to do it this way.... I'll presume
this makes more sense in your application.
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 2:29 PM, michaelyb <cel81009759 at gmail.com>
wrote:> Hello All!
>
> I need some help to get a FOR LOOP to print the interactor with the
> quotation mark.
>
> Let me be more specific:
>
> I have the following:
> cbind("Michael","Dana","Rob")->LIST
>
> outcome:
> ? ? [,1] ? ? ?[,2] ? [,3]
> [1,] "Michael" "Dana" "Rob"
>
> UNFORTUNATELY, I need to do the following:
> as.data.frame.list(LIST)->LIST2
> rm(LIST)
>
> outcome:
> ?X.Michael. X.Dana. X.Rob.
> 1 ? ?Michael ? ?Dana ? ?Rob
>
> My problem:
> I tried the following LOOP:
> for (n in LIST2)print((paste("\'",n,"\'"))
>
> outcome:
> [1] "*'* Michael *'*"
> [1] "*'* Dana*'*"
> [1] "*'* Rob*'*"
>
> How can I get the following instead:
> [1] "Michael"
> [1] "Dana"
> [1] "Rob"
>
> Detail: I cannot use the first LIST to do the FOR LOOP since I need to
> remove it first.
> Any help, please?
>
> Thank you!
>
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