Message-ID: <6EE447FE-AFA2-4BA0-9599-47C07CA6E945@me.com>
Date: 2011-04-19T21:11:08Z
From: Marc Schwartz
Subject: Simple question
In-Reply-To: <4DADF9CD.6010009@xtra.co.nz>
On Apr 19, 2011, at 4:08 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
> On 20/04/11 07:19, Steven Wolf wrote:
>> I am trying to convert a string to a vector, and I'm stuck!
>>
>>
>>
>> Suppose you have a string of numbers (string) that you want to convert to a
>> vector (vec). I am able to split the string turning it into a list by using
>> strsplit, but this makes a list, which I can't seem to access the way that
>> I'd like to (it becomes a character list of only one(?!?) element.)
>>
>>
>>
>> string<-"1,1,2,3,5,8"
>>
>>
>>
>> list<-strsplit(string,",")
>>
>> list # Produces this ugly output with the [[1]] crap which doesn't let me
>> in!!!!!!!
>>
>>
>>
>> vec<-c(1,1,2,3,5,8) # All I really want in the end.
>
> <SNIP>
>
> It sounds to me like you don't understand lists. If you are going to use
> R you really should understand them. They are a wonderfully useful
> concept and make doing many otherwise complex tasks an absolute
> breeze. Learn to love lists. It will be rewarding! :-)
Fortunes candidate.... :-)
Cheers,
Marc Schwartz