Another way: x <- replace(x, length(x), 0)
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi > > I have to replace the last element of a vector with 0, but the length of > x is not known at coding time. So I do the following: > > x <- 1:10 > x > > x[length(x)] <- 0 > x > > it is working nicely, but I am wondering: is there a more elegant > solution( like tail(x, 1) <- 0 , which does not work)? > > Thanks, > > Rainer > - -- > Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation > Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) > > Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology > Natural Sciences Building > Office Suite 2039 > Stellenbosch University > Main Campus, Merriman Avenue > Stellenbosch > South Africa > > Tel: +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 > Cell: +27 - (0)8 39 47 90 42 > Fax (SA): +27 - (0)8 65 16 27 82 > Fax (D) : +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 > Fax (FR): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 > email: rai...@krugs.de > > Skype: RMkrug > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxRYh0ACgkQoYgNqgF2ego4iQCePSFCnWMPuY1eD2fyXUUXGRmF > PXgAnjIDIB0EnODWv4HuYjwgU3SJW01x > =JVQu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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