Re: [R] Basic loop programming

2013-01-09 Thread MacQueen, Don
Yes, R is a different language, and has different syntax and different built-in functions, so, yes it works differently. If you want to do it the same way in R as in that other language, you have to use a different method for constructing the variable names inside the loop. Here's an example, usin

Re: [R] Basic loop programming

2013-01-09 Thread arun
HI, If you have more than one observation per month, you could do this: dat1<-read.table(text=" Year Month    Sales    Customer 2011    Jan    150 35 2011    Jan    125 40 2011    Feb    130 45 2011    Feb    135 25 2012    Jan    100 25 2012    Jan    150 35 2012    Feb   

Re: [R] Basic loop programming

2013-01-09 Thread Jose Iparraguirre
Hi Paolo, You say you have monthly observations of two variables, say Sales and Customers. Then, what you should have is something like this: Year Month Sales Customer 2012Jan ss_12.1 cc_12.1 2012Feb ss_12.2 cc_12.2 ... ... ... ... 2013Jan ss_13.1

Re: [R] Basic loop programming

2013-01-09 Thread PIKAL Petr
Hi > -Original Message- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Paolo Donatelli > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 5:03 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Basic loop programming > > Hi all, > > newbie question: I am trying to