[R] Add a string to each string of an array

Gabor Grothendieck ggrothendieck at gmail.com
Thu Dec 18 05:10:54 CET 2008


Your question has already been answered but as an aside
note that the zoo package has a yearqtr class that can
be helpful when dealing with quarterly dates.

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Boriss <Boriss at gmx.net> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have an array of strings
>
> a <- c("2008q3","2005q1","2004q3")
>
> I would like to add to each a[i], with i = 1,2,3
>
> the following string "IMT",
>
> such that in the end I could get
>
> b <- c("IMT2008q3","IMT2005q1","IMT2004q3")
>
> Is it possible to accomplish this without a loop command?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best,
>
> Borissssssssssssssss
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