Thanks Jim ! also found a second way to do by using as.character() eg : as.character(yyy).
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:06 AM, Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bogdan, > I seem to be able to do it like this: > > xxx <-array(0, dim=4) > dimnames(xxx) = list(list_triplet_wells) > xxx > A1:A2:A3 A4:A5:A6 A7:A8:A9 A10:A11:A12 > 0 0 0 0 > yyy<-factor(c("A1:A2:A3", "A4:A5:A6 ", "A7:A8:A9", "A10:A11:A12")) > yyy > [1] A1:A2:A3 A4:A5:A6 A7:A8:A9 A10:A11:A12 > Levels: A1:A2:A3 A10:A11:A12 A4:A5:A6 A7:A8:A9 > xxx[yyy[1]] > A1:A2:A3 > 0 > > Jim > > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 2:08 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > Cross-posting to SO and Rhelp is deprecated. > > > > On Jun 11, 2015, at 8:40 PM, Bogdan Tanasa wrote: > > > >> Dear all, > >> > >> please could you please with a simple question : I do have an array of > 32 > >> elements, where each element is indexed by a name : eg : > >> > >> list_triplet_wells <-c("A1:A2:A3", "A4:A5:A6 ", "A7:A8:A9", > "A10:A11:A12 > >> ") > >> xxx <-array(0, dim=4) > >> dimnames(xxx) = list(list_triplet_wells) > >> > >>> From another script, I have an output like : > >> > >>> yyy > >> [1] A1:A2:A3 B4:B5:B6 > >> 31 Levels: B4:B5:B6 A1:A2:A3 ... F4:F5:F6 > >> > >> so yyy seems to be a factor type. I would need to call the elements of > xxx > >> array based on the elements of yyy; eg xxx[yyy]. > >> > >> How can I do this in order to circumvent the factor type of yyy ? > Thanks a > >> lot, > >> > >> bogdan > >> > >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > > > > As is posting in HTML. > > > >> 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. > > > > David Winsemius > > Alameda, CA, USA > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > [[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.