Text Cleaning and Combining

Question

I am trying to combine a variable date with a piece of text so that it looks as follows:

time <- c(end_date_override="20180531")

This is my code:

bb <- Sys.Date()-1
b1 <- paste("c(end_date_override","",sep = "=")
b1<-noquote(b1)
b2 <- as.character(bb)
b3 <- paste(b1,b2)

This does not give a result in the format c(end_date_override="20180531")

I would appreciate your advice.

Thanks in advance.

What is your expected return? A named character as time is as you defined it. Or if you want a text returned that includes the data in bb? — phiver, Jun 29 '18 at 15:12
I want it to take the date applied to bb and create a named char such as this:- c(end_date_override="20180627") — asathe1, Jun 29 '18 at 15:21

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 29 '18 at 15:02

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What about:

bb <- format(Sys.Date()-1,'%Y%m%d')
b1 <- paste("c(end_date_override=",bb,")", sep='"')
b1 <- noquote(b1)
b1  
[1] c(end_date_override="20180628")

answered Jun 29 '18 at 15:02

s__

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Thank you so much. Really appreciate it :) – asathe1 Jun 29 '18 at 18:50
You're welcome! Is it the solution you were in search of? If not, it could be possible try something else. – s__ Jun 29 '18 at 21:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 29 '18 at 15:34

To get a named character as time you can use the following code. The first line is what you need. The others are showing the outcome.

b3 <- setNames(as.character(Sys.Date()-1), "end_date_override")

b3
end_date_override 
     "2018-06-28" 

str(b3)
 Named chr "2018-06-28"
 - attr(*, "names")= chr "end_date_override"

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