Hi
I was doing
for (i in 1:length(database))
assign(paste("distancematrix",i,sep=""), dist(paste(get("database", i,
sep="")))))
but i really did not know what I was doing. I will try your way. But I still
don't understnad how the get function works.
What woud be more r-ish then get() ?
thanks
ADias
No dia 4 de Janeiro de 2011 17:58, Sarah Goslee
<sarah.gos...@gmail.com>escreveu:
> 2011/1/4 André Dias <diasan...@gmail.com>:
> > hi
> >
> > how do I exactly use the get(). I am reading the help for get() but the
> way
> > I am using it causes an error/
> >
>
> So how are you using it? It's so much easier to explain what you're doing
> wrong if I know what you're doing.
>
> Without a reproducible example I can't show you exactly, but
> something like:
>
> for (i in 1:length(database))
> assign(paste("distancematrix",i,sep=""), dist(get(paste("database", i,
> sep=""))))
>
> get() is the counterpart of assign(), though there are better (more R-ish)
> ways of doing what you want.
>
> Sarah
>
>
> > thanks
> > ADias
> >
> > 2011/1/4 Sarah Goslee <sarah.gos...@gmail.com>
> >>
> >> With get().
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:58 AM, ADias <diasan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Still with the above problem:
> >> >
> >> > But for instance, i have a data base with 30 variables and I created
> an
> >> > object each with one varibale missing:
> >> >
> >> > DataBase - has 30 variables
> >> > DataBase1 has 29 variables with the 1st variable gone
> >> > DataBase2 has 29 variables with the 2nd variable gone
> >> >
> >> > for(i in 1:length(database))
> >> > assign(paste("database",i,sep=""),database[-i])
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Now, I wish to create the 30 distance matrix:
> >> >
> >> > for (i in 1:length(database))
> >> > assign(paste("distancematrix",i,sep=""),
> >> > dist(database[i]))
> >> >
> >> > But doing like this - database[i] - I am just refering to the 1st
> value
> >> > on
> >> > the object database and not to the entire database i.
> >> >
> >> > How do I do this?
> >> >
> >> > thanks
> >> > Regards,
> >> > A.Dias
> >> > --
> >> --
>
> --
> Sarah Goslee
> http://www.functionaldiversity.org
>
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