[R] probably simple paste question

[Gavin Simpson]

On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 12:39 -0500, Erin Hodgess wrote:
> Dear R People:
> 
> I have the following vector and am using the paste command:
> 
> > ya
> [1] 57  2  8
> > paste("stuff",ya,sep=" ")
> [1] "stuff 57" "stuff 2"  "stuff 8"
> 
> What I want to have is
> "stuff 57 2 8"
> 
> 
> I also tried:
> > yb <- paste(cat("stuff",ya))
> stuff 57 2 8> yb
> character(0)
> 
> I have the feeling that it's really simple and right in front of me.

You need (or rather, "one way is") to collapse the 'ya'

> paste("stuff", paste(ya, collapse = " "))
[1] "stuff 57 2 8"

HTH

G

> 
> Thanks,
> Erin
> 
> 
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