Andrew Criswell wrote:
> Suppose the following little data frame:
>
> > x <- data.frame(dog = c(3,4,6,2,8), cat = c(8,2,3,6,1))
> >
> > x$cat
> [1] 8 2 3 6 1
> >
>
> How can I get the paste() function to do the same thing. The command
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Same thing as ***what***????
> below is obviously wrong
>
> > paste(x, cat, sep = "$")
> >
It's not at all clear what you want to do. Do you just wish
to create the string ``x$cat''? This would be done via
> paste("x","cat",sep="$")
But why? It's a bad idea to use ``$'' in strings since ``$''
has a special meaning in R (i.e. to refer to components of lists).
cheers,
Rolf Turner
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