Hi, I tried the following one: z <- outer(1:14,1:14,function(i,j) eval(parse(text=paste("cor(D2_",i,",D2_",j,")",sep=""))))
but this doen not work (why?). Two alternatives which work are either x <- matrix(0,length(D2_1,14) for (i in 1:14) x[,i] <- eval(parse(text=paste("D2_",i,sep=""))) z <- cor(x) or z <- diag(14) for (i in 1:14) for (j in 1:14) z[i,j] <- eval(parse(text=paste("cor(D2_",i,",D2_",j,")",sep=""))) --- Robert O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all. I have 14 variables, named D2_1, > D2_2,...,D2_14 (inherited from a data set). I would > like to create a matrix of correlations, although I > would be content in just learning how to create a > proper do loop. I tried something like this: > > > (for i in 1:14){cor(D2_[i],D2_[i], use = > "complete.obs")} > > This is wrong, of course, but I don't know how to > "tell" R to run through D2_1, D2_2,...,D2_14 giving > me > the correlations for each pair. > > Any help or hints would be appreciated. > > Sincerely, > > Robert O'Brien > > ______________________________________________ > 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.