Paste() - Get all possible combinations from multiple vectors
outer(outer(x, y, paste), z, paste) Michael On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Gaj Stan (BIGCAT)
<stan.gaj at maastrichtuniversity.nl> wrote:
Hello fellow R-users, Given are three vectors and the outcome would be all possible combinations in combination with the paste() function. For example: x <- c(1:3) y <- letters[1:3] z <- LETTERS[1:3] My result would thus be 18 names based on all possible combinations between these vectors: "1 a A" "1 a B", "1 a C", "1 b A", "1 b B", "1 b C", "1 c A", "1 c B", "1 c C", etc. To solve the issue above I would use: paste(rep(x, each=9), rep(y, each=6), z) This is a very straightforward example, but when I have vectors of different sizes, it will be much more difficult (for me) to create this. Is there an easier way to do this? Many thanks in advance, ?-- Stan ? ? ? ?[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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