assigning values of character vector to object

Question

I have a character vector "x" that stores some values of the locations. When I run a while loop I get these locations

i <- 1
while (i < 5) {
    print(x[c(i)])
    i = i+1
}

Output is :

[1] "/SampleData/exp964/K8"
[1] "/SampleData/exp294/K9"
[1] "/SampleData/exp264/K3"
[1] "/SampleData/exp29/K1"

Now, what I want to do is to assign these outputs to an object something like this

s_1 = "/SampleData/exp964/K8"
s_2 = "/SampleData/exp294/K9"
s_3 = "/SampleData/exp264/K3"
s_4 = "/SampleData/exp29/K1"

so that I can point to any object or use it in my code just by using c(s(i)) or something like that.

Could someone please help me getting this wrkable.

Thank you

You don't want to do that. You can always just do `x[1]`, or you can create names, like `names(x) <- paste0("s_",1:5)`, and then do `x["s_1"]`. — joran, Nov 16 '18 at 23:55
similar post - [One variable name combining a static name + a variable name](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53250691/one-variable-name-combining-a-static-name-a-variable-name/53250742#comment93386535_53250742) — Shree, Nov 17 '18 at 00:04

Julius Vainora · Answer 1 · 2018-11-17T00:00:54.020

2

Given

x <- c("/SampleData/exp964/K8", "/SampleData/exp294/K9", "/SampleData/exp264/K3", "/SampleData/exp29/K1")

you don't need to do any more assignments. Just as in your loop, you may use, e.g.,

x[2]
# "/SampleData/exp294/K9"

to get those values. Having a vector of values rather than several separate variables is much more convenient, flexible, and a better practice.

edited Nov 17 '18 at 00:00

answered Nov 16 '18 at 23:54

Julius Vainora

Thank you, sometimes a simple soluton is the need of the hour while we keep looking for the complicated ways – Angelo Nov 16 '18 at 23:58

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