In this article, we will discuss how to create an empty vector and add elements into a vector in R Programming Language. An empty vector can be created by simply not passing any value while creating a regular vector using the c() function.
Syntax:
c()
This will return NULL as an output.
Example:
# create an empty vector a
a=c()
# display it
print(a)
Output:
NULL
A nested empty vector can also be created in R programming language.
Example:
# create an empty nested
# vector a
a=c(c(),c())
# display it
print(a)
Output:
NULL
Adding values to an empty vector
Method 1: Using range
We can use range (:) operator to add elements to an empty vector
Syntax:
start_value:end_value
Example:
# create an empty vector a
a=c()
# display it
print(a)
# adding numbers from 1 to
# 20 to a vector
a=1:20
# display a
print(a)
Output:
NULL [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Method 2: Using another vector
For this a vector is first created empty and then a vector is assigned to it.
Example:
# create an empty vector a
a=c()
# display it
print(a)
# adding names to vector which
# is empty
a=c('sravan','bobby','rohith','gnnaesh','gajji')
# display a
print(a)
Output:
NULL [1] "sravan" "bobby" "rohith" "gnnaesh" "gajji"
Method 3: Using index
We can assign/fill values in an empty vector by using "[]" operator which is known as the index operator
Syntax:
vector_name[index_location]=data
where, vector_name is the name of the empty vector which is created
- Index_location is the index value where particular element is located
- Data is the value which is assigned to particular index location
Example 1:
# create an empty numeric
# vector a
a=c()
# display it
print(a)
# create an empty numeric
# vector b
b=c()
# display it
print(b)
# create an empty numeric
# vector d
d=c()
# display it
print(d)
# include numeric data into
# vector a insert value 10
# at location 1
a[1]=10
# insert value 20 at location 2
a[2]=20
# insert value 14.5 at location 3
a[3]=14.5
# insert value 89.000 at location 4
a[4]=89.000
# display vector a
print(a)
# include logical data into vector
# b at locations 1,2,3
b[1]=TRUE
b[2]=FALSE
b[3]=FALSE
# display vector b
print(b)
# include character data into vector
# d at locations 1,2,3
d[1]="Sravan"
d[2]="Bobby"
d[3]="pinkey"
# display vector
print(d)
Output:
NULL NULL NULL [1] 10.0 20.0 14.5 89.0 [1] TRUE FALSE FALSE [1] "Sravan" "Bobby" "pinkey"
We can insert all types of vectors in one empty vector.
Example 2:
# create an empty numeric
# vector a
a=c()
# display it
print(a)
# include all type of vector
# data into vector a
a[1]="sravan"
a[2]=20
a[3]=14.5
a[4]=FALSE
# display vector a
print(a)
Output:
NULL [1] "sravan" "20" "14.5" "FALSE"
Method 4: Using append()
We can add data by using the append() function.
Syntax:
append(vector_name,value)
Where, vector_name is the name of the vector and value is the input value.
Example:
# create an empty numeric
# vector a
a=c()
# display it
print(a)
# append 10 using append()
# function
a=append(a,10)
# display
print(a)
Output:
NULL [1] 10
We can also append multiple data using c() function
Syntax:
append(vector,c(value1,value2,.value n))
Example:
# create an empty numeric
# vector a
a=c()
# display it
print(a)
# append 10 elements from 1 to
# 10 using append() function
a=append(a,c(1:10))
# display
print(a)
Output:
NULL [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10