Hi Umberto,
look at ?get, ?assign, ?paste and try the following:
x1 <- rnorm(10)
x2 <- rnorm(10)
y1 <- rnorm(10)
y2 <- rnorm(10)
z1 <- rnorm(10)
z2 <- rnorm(10)
######
names. <- c("x", "y", "z")
for(i in names.){
res1 <- get(paste(i,"1",sep=""))
res2 <- get(paste(i,"2",sep=""))
assign(paste("d",i,sep=""), res1-res2)
}
#######
all.equal(dx, x1-x2)
all.equal(dy, y1-y2)
all.equal(dz, z1-z2)
I hope it helps.
Best, Dimitris
---- Dimitris Rizopoulos Ph.D. Student Biostatistical Centre School of Public Health Catholic University of Leuven
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Umberto Maggiore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:12 PM
Subject: [R] loops: pasting indexes in variables names
I cannot figure out how, using R, I can paste indexes or characters to the variable
names which are used within loops. I will explain this with a simple example:
Immagine I have a huge series of variables, each one taken two times, say
x1 x2 y1 y2 z1 z2.....
Now, immagine that I want to compute a variable from the difference of
each couple, say dx=x1-x2, dy=y1-y2, dz=z1-z2...
In Stata, for example, this wold be straightforward:
foreach i in x y z {
gen d`i'= `i'1-`i'2
}
With R I tried to use paste( ) but I found that it applies to objects,
not to variable names.
best regards,
Umberto
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