x <- as.matrix(data.raw)
x[,2]
is this what you want?
BOB MARY JOHN CLIFF PAM
"C/C" NA "C/A" "C/C" "C/A"
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Stephane Bourgeois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to get an argument (I think it's the right term) dynamically from
> a list, but cannot manage to do it.
>
> Here is the code I use:
>
> #output given by database
>
> BOB <- c('A/A', 'C/C', '15/27')
> MARY <- c('A/A', NA, '13/12')
> JOHN <- c('A/A', 'C/A', '154/35')
> CLIFF <- c('A/C', 'C/C', '15/12')
> PAM <- c('A/C', 'C/A', '13/12')
> sampleList <- c("BOB", "MARY", "JOHN", "CLIFF", "PAM")
> polyList <- c("rs123", "rs124", "rs555")
>
> #make dataframe with data
>
> data.raw <- data.frame(t(do.call(data.frame, lapply(sampleList, get))))
> names(data.raw) <- polyList
> row.names(data.raw) <- sampleList
>
> I want to get, for example, data.raw$rs124 using polyList.
>
> I tried
>
> > get(paste("data.raw$", polyList[2], sep=""))
> Error in get(paste("data.raw$", polyList[2], sep = "")) :
> variable "data.raw$rs124" was not found
>
> but it's obviously not the right way, data.raw$rs124 not being a variable
> per se.
>
> Any idea about how I could do that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephane
>
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