for-Loop with Range in R (Example)

This article explains how to write a for-loop with range in the R programming language.

The tutorial looks as follows:

Here’s the step-by-step process.

Example: Looping Over Range of Numeric Values

This Example explains how to write and run a for-loop through a range of numeric values in R. First, we have to create an example range:

my_range <- 5:10                                            # Create numeric range
my_range                                                    # Print range
# 5  6  7  8  9 10

Have a look at the previous output of the RStudio console. We have created a vector object containing numeric elements ranging from 5 to 10.

Let’s for-loop over this range!

for(i in my_range) {                                        # Head of for-loop
  print(paste("This iteration represents range value", i))  # Code block
}
# [1] "This iteration represents range value 5"
# [1] "This iteration represents range value 6"
# [1] "This iteration represents range value 7"
# [1] "This iteration represents range value 8"
# [1] "This iteration represents range value 9"
# [1] "This iteration represents range value 10"

To loop through our numeric range, we simply had to specify this range in the head of our for-loop. The RStudio output shows the result of our for-loop: Some sentences representing the current value of our range in each iteration of the for-loop.

Video, Further Resources & Summary

Would you like to learn more about loops in the R programming language? Then you could watch the following video of my YouTube channel. In the video, I explain the R programming syntax of this tutorial:

Furthermore, you could read the related tutorials which I have published on my homepage. I have published several tutorials already.

• for-Loop in R
• Loops in R
• The R Programming Language

Summary: You learned in this article how to use for-loops with range in R programming. If you have additional questions, don’t hesitate to let me know in the comments section.