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 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, "2,2,2,". I also tried to append(), with similar (unsatisfactory) results.
z <- for (i in 1:3) {
+ z <- append(z, y[i])}
z
[1] "2," "2," "2," Could anyone suggest how "2," can be replicated to "2,2,2,"? Thank you, Liviu
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