Hi Karl, I think the question here is why would you want to create different objects in the loop using assign(). Usually, using lists is better (more efficient?), although I sometimes use assign() too in this context. I do it when I want to export the object as separate files (xls, Rbin, svg, etc). If I don't need separate files, I use lists. I'm no expert so I'm not even sure I use the "correct" approach, but it might help you get a better understanding.
It would be something like: sseq<- c(1, seq(5, 40, by = 5)) arima <- vector(mode="list", length=length(sseq)) ##not sure it is necessary, but it might be for(i in 1:length(sseq)) { arima[[i]] <- arima(data.ts[sseq[i]:(sseq[i]+200)], order=c(1,1,1)) } HTH, Ivan Le 9/6/2010 10:46, Karl Brand a écrit : > Hi Bill, > > I didn't make the original post, but its pretty similar to some thing > i would have queried the list about. But, as an R dilatante i find > more curious your question- > > "...but why would you want to do so?" > > Is this because you'd typically use the given nine lines of explicit > code to carve up a single dataset into nine symmetrical variants ? Or > that some contextual information may affect how you would write the > for() loop? > > As i lack the experience to know any better, i perceive your for() > loop as de rigour in efficient use of R, and the preferance of all > experienced R user's. But not having any formal education in R or role > models as such, its only an assumption (compeletely ignoring for the > moment processing efficiency/speed, rounding error and such). > > But which i now question! Explicit, simple crude looking code; or, > something which demands a little more proficiency with the language? > > cheers, > > Karl > > > > On 9/6/2010 6:16 AM, bill.venab...@csiro.au wrote: >> >> sseq<- c(1, seq(5, 40, by = 5)) >> for(i in 1:length(sseq)) >> assign(paste("arima", i, sep=""), >> arima(data.ts[sseq[i]:(sseq[i]+200)], order=c(1,1,1))) >> >> ...but why would you want to do so? >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org >> [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of lord12 >> Sent: Monday, 6 September 2010 10:57 AM >> To: r-help@r-project.org >> Subject: [R] how do I transform this to a for loop >> >> >> arima1<- arima(data.ts[1:201], order = c(1,1,1)) >> arima2<- arima(data.ts[5:205], order = c(1,1,1)) >> arima3<- arima(data.ts[10:210], order = c(1,1,1)) >> arima4<- arima(data.ts[15:215], order = c(1,1,1)) >> arima5<- arima(data.ts[20:220], order = c(1,1,1)) >> arima6<- arima(data.ts[25:225], order = c(1,1,1)) >> arima7<- arima(data.ts[30:230], order = c(1,1,1)) >> arima8<- arima(data.ts[35:235], order = c(1,1,1)) >> arima9<- arima(data.ts[40:240], order = c(1,1,1)) >> > -- Ivan CALANDRA PhD Student University of Hamburg Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum Abt. Säugetiere Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 D-20146 Hamburg, GERMANY +49(0)40 42838 6231 ivan.calan...@uni-hamburg.de ********** http://www.for771.uni-bonn.de http://webapp5.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/mammals/eng/mitarbeiter.php [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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