Re: [R] alternative way to replicate()

Is this what you want: > paste(rep('2',5), collapse=',') [1] "2,2,2,2,2" > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Johannes Hüsing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am 03.12.2008 um 09:06 schrieb Liviu Andronic: > >> Dear all, >> >> I'm looking for an alternative way to replicate the "2," string for an >> x

Re: [R] alternative way to replicate()

Am 03.12.2008 um 09:06 schrieb Liviu Andronic: Dear all, I'm looking for an alternative way to replicate the "2," string for an x number of times, and end up with one string containing "2," x times. I can partly achieve this using replicate(). y <- rep("2,", times=3) y JFTR: replicate() is

Re: [R] alternative way to replicate()

Thanks all. All solutions are usable. These two I received off-list: > toString(paste(rep("2",3), sep=",")) [1] "2, 2, 2" and > paste(rep("2,",3),collapse="") Liviu On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Dimitris Rizopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > have a look at ?paste(), e.g., > > paste(rep(2, 3

Re: [R] alternative way to replicate()

have a look at ?paste(), e.g., paste(rep(2, 3), collapse = ",") and if you need a comma at the end, then you can again use paste(), paste(paste(rep(2, 3), collapse = ","), ",", sep = "") I hope it helps. Best, Dimitris Liviu Andronic wrote: Dear all, I'm looking for an alternative way to

[R] alternative way to replicate()

Dear all, I'm looking for an alternative way to replicate the "2," string for an x number of times, and end up with one string containing "2," x times. I can partly achieve this using replicate(). > y <- rep("2,", times=3) > y [1] "2," "2," "2," The output that I am looking for is, however, "2,2,