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benji

How to use a text in an object of class character position to create a vector with the text as name

Hello,
>titletool<-read.csv("TotalCSVData.csv",header=FALSE,sep=",")

> class(titletool)
[1] "data.frame"

>titletool[1,1]
[1] Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1

>t<-titletootl[1,1]

>t
[1] Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1

>class(t)
[1] "character"

now i want to create an object (vector) with the name "Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1" , or even better if possible CONTROL DB AD_1

Thank you

Sarah Goslee

Re: How to use a text in an object of class character position to create a vector with the text as name

In general, you use assign() to do that, but having object names
containing spaces should be avoided.

> mytext <- "Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1"
> mytext
[1] "Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1"
> mytext <- sub("Experiment name : ", "", mytext)
> mytext
[1] "CONTROL DB AD_1"
>
> assign(mytext, 1:10)
> ls()
[1] "CONTROL DB AD_1" "mytext"
> "CONTROL DB AD_1"
[1] "CONTROL DB AD_1"
>
>
> CONTROL DB AD_1
Error: unexpected symbol in "CONTROL DB"

Since you can't access your object by typing its name at the R prompt,
either with or without quotes, you've kind of got a problem. You could
use get(), but at that point why not just name your object something
that follows the R naming conventions?

Sarah

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:08 AM, benji <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello,
>>titletool<-read.csv("TotalCSVData.csv",header=FALSE,sep=",")
>
>> class(titletool)
> [1] "data.frame"
>
>>titletool[1,1]
> [1] Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1
>
>>t<-titletootl[1,1]
>
>>t
> [1] Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1
>
>>class(t)
> [1] "character"
>
> now i want to create an object (vector) with the name "Experiment name :
> CONTROL DB AD_1" , or even better if possible CONTROL DB AD_1
>
> Thank you
>

--
Sarah Goslee
http://www.functionaldiversity.org

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Michael Weylandt

Re: How to use a text in an object of class character position to create a vector with the text as name

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Sarah Goslee <[hidden email]> wrote:

> In general, you use assign() to do that, but having object names
> containing spaces should be avoided.
>
>> mytext <- "Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1"
>> mytext
> [1] "Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1"
>> mytext <- sub("Experiment name : ", "", mytext)
>> mytext
> [1] "CONTROL DB AD_1"
>>
>> assign(mytext, 1:10)
>> ls()
> [1] "CONTROL DB AD_1" "mytext"
>> "CONTROL DB AD_1"
> [1] "CONTROL DB AD_1"
>>
>>
>> CONTROL DB AD_1
> Error: unexpected symbol in "CONTROL DB"
>
> Since you can't access your object by typing its name at the R prompt,
> either with or without quotes, you've kind of got a problem. You could
> use get(), but at that point why not just name your object something
> that follows the R naming conventions?

I know Sarah knows this, but just for archive completeness: backticks.

`cat or dog` <- 3

cat or dog # Error

`cat or dog` # 3

Of course, this allows such insanity as

`4` <- 15

which is somewhat peculiar.

I still second the advice to use legal R names and uses underscores
where spaces might be desired.

raw_data <- 3

etc.

Best,
Michael

>
> Sarah
>
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:08 AM, benji <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>>titletool<-read.csv("TotalCSVData.csv",header=FALSE,sep=",")
>>
>>> class(titletool)
>> [1] "data.frame"
>>
>>>titletool[1,1]
>> [1] Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1
>>
>>>t<-titletootl[1,1]
>>
>>>t
>> [1] Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1
>>
>>>class(t)
>> [1] "character"
>>
>> now i want to create an object (vector) with the name "Experiment name :
>> CONTROL DB AD_1" , or even better if possible CONTROL DB AD_1
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>
>
> --
> Sarah Goslee
> http://www.functionaldiversity.org
>
> ______________________________________________
> [hidden email] mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

______________________________________________
[hidden email] mailing list
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

Sarah Goslee

Re: How to use a text in an object of class character position to create a vector with the text as name

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 2:23 PM, R. Michael Weylandt
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Sarah Goslee <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> In general, you use assign() to do that, but having object names
>> containing spaces should be avoided.
>>
>>> mytext <- "Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1"
>>> mytext
>> [1] "Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1"
>>> mytext <- sub("Experiment name : ", "", mytext)
>>> mytext
>> [1] "CONTROL DB AD_1"
>>>
>>> assign(mytext, 1:10)
>>> ls()
>> [1] "CONTROL DB AD_1" "mytext"
>>> "CONTROL DB AD_1"
>> [1] "CONTROL DB AD_1"
>>>
>>>
>>> CONTROL DB AD_1
>> Error: unexpected symbol in "CONTROL DB"
>>
>> Since you can't access your object by typing its name at the R prompt,
>> either with or without quotes, you've kind of got a problem. You could
>> use get(), but at that point why not just name your object something
>> that follows the R naming conventions?
>
> I know Sarah knows this, but just for archive completeness: backticks.

I knew I was missing something.

> `cat or dog` <- 3
>
> cat or dog # Error
>
> `cat or dog` # 3
>
> Of course, this allows such insanity as
>
> `4` <- 15
>
> which is somewhat peculiar.
>
> I still second the advice to use legal R names and uses underscores
> where spaces might be desired.

So true.

And for convenience:
> mytext <- gsub(" ", "_", mytext)
> mytext
[1] "CONTROL_DB_AD_1"

> raw_data <- 3
>
> etc.
>
> Best,
> Michael
>
>>
>> Sarah
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:08 AM, benji <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>>titletool<-read.csv("TotalCSVData.csv",header=FALSE,sep=",")
>>>
>>>> class(titletool)
>>> [1] "data.frame"
>>>
>>>>titletool[1,1]
>>> [1] Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1
>>>
>>>>t<-titletootl[1,1]
>>>
>>>>t
>>> [1] Experiment name : CONTROL DB AD_1
>>>
>>>>class(t)
>>> [1] "character"
>>>
>>> now i want to create an object (vector) with the name "Experiment name :
>>> CONTROL DB AD_1" , or even better if possible CONTROL DB AD_1
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>