R paste values dynamically with seperator [duplicate]

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I want to paste a number of arguments which vary according to a parameter, with a comma separator "," between them. For instance:

pred.size <- 2
paste(c(1:pred.size), sep=",")

results in:

##"1" "2"

while the result I want is:

##"1","2"

Answer 1

I think you want to paste together the elements of a vector like 1:2 to get a comma separated string. To do this you use the collapse argument of paste, since you are passing it only a single argument.

paste(1:3, collapse = ",")
[1] "1,2,3"

On the other hand if you passed multiple terms you would use sep:

paste(1, 2, 3, sep = ",")
[1] "1,2,3"

sep separates the arguments, collapse separates the components of vector arguments. For example:

paste(1:4, 5:8, collapse=",", sep="|")
[1] "1|5,2|6,3|7,4|8"

Type ?paste at the R prompt for more information.

So you want

paste(1:pred.size, collapse=",") 

Your c is not necessary because 1:pred_size is already a vector.