[R] variable syntax problem

[jim holtman]

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On 2/21/08, Paul Hammer <paul.hammer at tfh-wildau.de> wrote:
> Paul Hammer schrieb:
> > jim holtman schrieb:
> >> Exactly what do you mean by additional text?  Have you tried "paste"?
> >>
> >> On 2/21/08, Paul Hammer <paul.hammer at tfh-wildau.de> wrote:
> >>
> >>> dear members,
> >>>
> >>> i would like to write a variable in a plot title (main="") but i don't
> >>> know the right syntax:(...i tried a lot of different ways without success.
> >>>
> >>> here my example:
> >>>
> >>> y=30
> >>> z=33
> >>> for (i in 10:length(tissue)) {
> >>> png(filename = tissues[i], width = 1024, height = 768, pointsize = 12,
> >>> bg = "white")
> >>> gene.graph("ENSG00000115252", rma.affy, gps=list(1:3, y:z),
> >>> type="mean-int", gp.col=c("red", "blue"), by.order=TRUE,
> >>> scale.to.gene=FALSE, use.symbol=TRUE, use.mt=FALSE, *main="PDE1A
> >>> (red=prostate, blue=tissues[i])"*, ylab="intensity / probeset",
> >>> exon.y=1, exon.height=1, exon.bg.col="#c3c3c3",
> >>> exon.bg.border.col="black", show.introns=TRUE)
> >>> y=y-3
> >>> z=z-3
> >>> dev.off() }
> >>>
> >>> when i write main=tissues[i] the value is written right. but i would
> >>> like to have an additional text...
> >>>
> >>> thanks
> >>> paul
> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > thank you jim,
> >
> > that was what i meant :)
>
> now i would like to call a varaible like an another variable value...
>
> example:
>
> for (i in 10:length(tissue)) {
> PSA_SI_tissues[i] = splicing.index(rma.affy, "ENSG00000142515",
> "tissue", c("prostate",tissues[i]), vector.out=FALSE)
> }
>
> with paste it does not work
>
> for (i in 10:length(tissue)) {
> paste("PSA_SI_",tissues[i]) = splicing.index(rma.affy,
> "ENSG00000142515", "tissue", c("prostate",tissues[i]), vector.out=FALSE)
> }
>
> any suggestions?
>
> thanks
> paul
>
>
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