> c(as.matrix(df[1,])) will also work in your case.
Gasper Cankar -----Original Message----- From: N. Lapidus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:06 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Converting 1-D array to vector You were very close to an answer : as.vector(unlist(df[1,])) Nael On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Ronnen Levinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > How do I convert a one-dimensional array of characters to a character > vector? In the example below I am trying to get the result c("a","d"). > The > function as.vector() returns the same one-dimensional array, and unlist() > returns something more complicated than I seek. > Yours truly, > Ronnen. > P.S. E-mailed CCs of posted replies appreciated. > > df=data.frame(x=letters[1:3],y=letters[4:6]) > > df > x y > 1 a d > 2 b e > 3 c f > > df[1,] > x y > 1 a d > > as.vector(df[1,]) > x y > 1 a d > > unlist(df[1,]) > x y > a d > Levels: a b c d e f > > c("a","d") # desired result > [1] "a" "d" > > version > _ > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > arch i386 > os mingw32 > system i386, mingw32 > status > major 2 > minor 7.0 > year 2008 > month 04 > day 22 > svn rev 45424 > language R > version.string R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22) > > -- > Ronnen Levinson, Ph.D. > scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab > The Onion horoscope: Libra September 23 - October 23 Your tactics of > overwhelming your opposition with spectacular shows of force and > choking the > roads with fleeing refugees will be seen as inappropriate by the other > electronics wholesalers. > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > 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 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.