Re: [R] How to insert one element into a vector?

From: Barry Rowlingson <B.Rowlingson_at_lancaster.ac.uk>
Date: Tue 23 Nov 2004 - 02:19:40 EST

michael watson (IAH-C) wrote:
> There must be a million ways of doing this!

  Actually I'd say there were no ways of doing this, since I dont think you can actually insert into a vector - you have to create a new vector that produces the illusion of insertion!

  Here's a Q+D function that fails if you try and insert at the start, or at the end. Its very D.

insert <- function(v,e,pos){

   return(c(v[1:(pos-1)],e,v[(pos):length(v)])) }

> v=c(1,2,3,4,6)

> insert(v,5,5)

  [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6

Yay.

> insert(v,5,1)

  [1] 1 5 1 2 3 4 6

Oops.

  Cant be bothered to fix it, the principle is there.

Baz

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