create a vector in R using variable names

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I have a variable called school_name

I am creating a vector to define colors that I will use later in ggplot2.

colors <- c("School1" = "yellow", "School2" = "red", ______ = "Orange")

In my code I am using the variable school_name for some logic want to add that as the third element of my vector. The value changes in my for loop and cannot be hard-coded.

I have tried the following but it does not work.

colors <- c("School1" = "yellow", "School2" = "red", get("school_name") = "Orange")

Please can someone help me with this

Andre Elrico · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-22 07:29:20Z

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You can use structure:

school_name = "coolSchool"
colors <- structure(c("yellow", "red", "orange"), .Names = c("School1","School2", school_name))

answered May 22, 2018 at 7:29

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GordonShumway · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-22 04:27:25Z

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You can just set the names of the colors using names():

colors <- c("yellow", "red", "orange")
names(colors) <- c("School1", "School2", school_name)

answered May 22, 2018 at 4:27

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Vik G Over a year ago

Thanks a ton Gordon.

moodymudskipper · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-22 11:20:06Z

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This also works:

school_name <- "school3"
colors <- c("School1" = "yellow", "School2" = "red")
colors[school_name] <- "Orange"
# School1  School2  school3 
# "yellow"    "red" "Orange"

answered May 22, 2018 at 11:20

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