Try sprintf: sprintf("%03d", Sequence) sprintf("file%03d.dat", Sequence)
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Žroutík <zrou...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear R-users, > > I'd like to create filenames in a mask "file000.dat" numbered from 1 to e.g. > 123. The last problem I'm dealing with is creating the sequence of numbers > with equal length, i.e. 001, 002,.... 023, 024,.... 122, 123. > > The closest I got is by a repetition: > > Sequence <- c(1:123) > for(i in c(1:length(Sequence))) { > print( > paste(rep("0", > max(nchar(as.character(Sequence)))-nchar(as.character(Sequence[i]))), > as.character(Sequence[i]), > sep="")) > } > > where pasting "0"-replication the missing-times I 'm possibly creating the > desired output. It's just that rep()'s output is not a vector and not > subsequent atoms. and gives "02" and "02" instead of "002". > > Any idea hot to correct the function above or suggestions on > file000.dat-mask filename, please? > > Thank you for your time. > M > > [[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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O ______________________________________________ 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.