Here is the big picture. I have a character vector with all of the names of the variables in it.
I want to "cbind" all of the variables to create a matrix. Doing 3 is straightforward, but many, not so much. Hence my question. Thanks so much for your answers! Sincerely, Erin On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 7:44 PM, John Kane <jrkrid...@inbox.com> wrote: > What are you expecting? > > dog <- 1:3 > cat <- 2:4 > tree <- 5:7 > big.char <- c("dog","cat","tree") > > xx <- cbind(dog, cat, tree, big.char) > > gives me > xx1 <- structure(c("1", "2", "3", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "dog", > "cat", "tree"), .Dim = 3:4, .Dimnames = list(NULL, c("dog", "cat", > "tree", "big.char"))) > > > > John Kane > Kingston ON Canada > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com > > Sent: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:41:05 -0400 > > To: r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch > > Subject: [R] cbind question, please > > > > Hello! > > > > I have a cbind type question, please: Suppose I have the following: > > > > dog <- 1:3 > > cat <- 2:4 > > tree <- 5:7 > > > > and a character vector > > big.char <- c("dog","cat","tree") > > > > I want to end up with a matrix that is a "cbind" of dog, cat, and tree. > > This is a toy example. There will be a bunch of variables. > > > > I experimented with "do.call", but all I got was > > 1 > > 2 > > 3 > > > > Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I still think that do.call > > might be the key, but I'm not sure. > > > > R Version 3-1.3, Windows 7. > > > > Thanks, > > Erin > > > > > > -- > > Erin Hodgess > > Associate Professor > > Department of Mathematical and Statistics > > University of Houston - Downtown > > mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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. > > ____________________________________________________________ > FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on > your desktop! > Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium > > > -- Erin Hodgess Associate Professor Department of Mathematical and Statistics University of Houston - Downtown mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.