Two ideas: nn <- names(wageszm14) lvadd <- nn[grep("^lvacb", nn)]
or lvadd <- paste0("lvacb", 23:81) lvadd <- lvadd[lvadd %in% names(wageszm14)] > On 5 Jun 2019, at 06:46 , Rolando I. Valdez via R-help <r-help@r-project.org> > wrote: > > Hello, > > I have almost 40 variables that I am trying to include in a formula. > > I tried to include them using as.formula(), however the variables do not > follow a patter in the name. e.g. These variables are named like: lvacb23 > lvacb30 lvacb300 lvacb40 ..... lvacb81. > >> lvadd <- paste0("lvacb", 23:81) >> (fmla <- as.formula(paste("lwage ~ ", paste(lvadd, collapse = "+")))) >> fit <- lm(fmla, data = wageszm14) > Error in eval(predvars, data, env) : object 'lvacb24' not found > > The variable lvacb24 doesn't exist, because from lvacb23 it jumps to > lvacb30. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > -- > Rolando Valdez > Facultad de EconomÃa y Relaciones Internacionales > Universidad Autónoma de Baja California > > [[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. -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ 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.