> for(i in ls(pattern="P_")){ head(get(i), 2)} # Should work.
You also need to use print(head(...)) if you want to see the printed
output from each iteration.
Bill Dunlap
TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 4:36 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On Aug 8, 2014, at 11:25 AM, Fix Ace wrote:
>
>> I have 16 files and would like to check the information of their first two
>> lines, what I did:
>>
>>
>>> ls(pattern="P_")
>> [1] "P_3_utr_source_data" "P_5_utr_source_data"
>> [3] "P_exon_per_gene_cds_source_data" "P_exon_per_gene_source_data"
>> [5] "P_exon_source_data" "P_first_exon_oncds_source_data"
>> [7] "P_first_intron_oncds_source_data" "P_first_intron_ongene_source_data"
>> [9] "P_firt_exon_ongene_source_data" "P_gene_cds_source_data"
>> [11] "P_gene_source_data" "P_intron_source_data"
>> [13] "P_last_exon_oncds_source_data" "P_last_exon_ongene_source_data"
>> [15] "P_last_intron_oncds_source_data" "P_last_intron_ongene_source_data"
>>
>>
>
> The results from `ls()` are not actual R names but rather are character
> vectors. To "promote" a character value to an R language-name you need the
> `get` function:
>
>>
>>> for(i in ls(pattern="P_")){head(i, 2)}
>>
>
> for(i in ls(pattern="P_")){ head(get(i), 2)} # Should work.
>
> David.
>
>
>> It obviously does not work since nothing came out
>>
>> What I would like to see for the output is :
>>
>>> head(P_3_utr_source_data,2)
>> V1
>> 1 1
>> 2 1
>>> head(P_5_utr_source_data,2)
>> V1
>> 1 1
>> 2 1
>>>
>> .
>>
>> .
>> .
>>
>>
>>
>> Could anybody help me with this?
>>
>> Thank you very much for your time:)
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> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA
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