One possibility is:
y <- rep(" ",6)
y[6] <- ""
y[c(2,4)] <- "\n"
res <- paste(paste(x,y,sep=""),collapse="")--- On Tue, 26/8/08, remko duursma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: remko duursma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [R] paste: multiple collapse arguments? > To: r-help@r-project.org > Received: Tuesday, 26 August, 2008, 9:36 AM > Dear R-helpers, > > I have a numeric vector, like: > > x <- c(1,2,3,4,5,6) > > I make this into a string for output to a text file, > separated by \n: > > paste(x, collapse="\n") > > Is there a way to alternate the collapse argument? So > between the first two elements of x, I want to separate by > " ", then by "\n", and so forth. > The result should then look like: > "1 2\n3 4\n5 6" > > (This way I get 2 elements of x on each line using > writeLines, instead of one or all). > I could do this in some ugly loop, but surely there is a > better way? > > thanks, > Remko > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get thousands of games on your PC, your mobile phone, and > the web with Windows®. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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.
