Hi: Here's one way:
apply(matrix(var.names, ncol = 2, byrow = TRUE), 1, function(x) paste(x[1], x[2], sep = ',')) [1] "a,b" "c,d" "e,f" HTH, Dennis On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:46 PM, B77S <bps0...@auburn.edu> wrote: > hi, > > If i have a list of things, like this > > var.names <- c("a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f") > > how can i get this: > > "a, b", "c, d", "e, f" > > thanks ahead of time. > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/split-list-of-characters-in-groups-of-2-tp4079031p4079031.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.