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, "2,2,2,". 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

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

toString(paste(rep("2",3), sep=","))

paste(rep("2,",3),collapse="")

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 = "")

paste(rep('2',5), collapse=',')

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 a different function from rep(). See ?rep and
?replicate.