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 <cel81009...@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! > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Use-quotes-on-a-FOR-LOOP-R-tp4584438p4584438.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@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. ______________________________________________ R-help@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.