how can I paste specific names with paste

Question

I cannot figure out how to do this in one run

G07, G08, G09, G11, G12, G13, G14

so I know how to do the first one

paste0("G0",7:9)

i also know how to do the second part

paste0("G",10:14)

All what I could think of is to combine them by rbind

rbind (paste0("G0",7:9),paste0("G",10:14))

this is not a good way and I am looking to see if you can guide me to find a better way?

replace `rbind` with `c`...? Not quite sure I follow, to be honest. — joran, Feb 15 '18 at 21:17
@joran I just want to paste the G07, G08, G09, G11, G12, G13, G14 in one command , this is all what I am trying to do :-p — , Feb 15 '18 at 21:18
@missuse it does not print the 0 before 07, 08 etc that is the problem :-p — , Feb 15 '18 at 21:23
@Nik Bernou I understand, did not think of that, Vlo has your back tho. — missuse, Feb 15 '18 at 21:24
For other approaches see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5812493/adding-leading-zeros-using-r — Ista, Feb 15 '18 at 21:29

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '18 at 21:19

7

Try sprintf() instead

sprintf("G%02d", c(7:9, 10:14))

[1] "G07" "G08" "G09" "G10" "G11" "G12" "G13" "G14"

answered Feb 15 '18 at 21:19

Vlo

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '18 at 22:51

1

You could also use stringr::str_pad for this

paste0("G", stringr::str_pad(7:14, 2, side="left", pad="0"))
# "G07" "G08" "G09" "G10" "G11" "G12" "G13" "G14"

answered Feb 15 '18 at 22:51

CPak

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