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I am building a relatively complicated app, where I have dynamic number of inputs titled:
d1, d2 .. dn. At one point I wanted to try addressing multiple inputs at the same time with:



input[[grep(pattern="d+[[:digit:]]",input)]]


which of course caused an error:



Must use single string to index into reactivevalues


So I was wondering whether someone knew an elegant way to do such a thing?










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    I am building a relatively complicated app, where I have dynamic number of inputs titled:
    d1, d2 .. dn. At one point I wanted to try addressing multiple inputs at the same time with:



    input[[grep(pattern="d+[[:digit:]]",input)]]


    which of course caused an error:



    Must use single string to index into reactivevalues


    So I was wondering whether someone knew an elegant way to do such a thing?










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      I am building a relatively complicated app, where I have dynamic number of inputs titled:
      d1, d2 .. dn. At one point I wanted to try addressing multiple inputs at the same time with:



      input[[grep(pattern="d+[[:digit:]]",input)]]


      which of course caused an error:



      Must use single string to index into reactivevalues


      So I was wondering whether someone knew an elegant way to do such a thing?










      share|improve this question














      I am building a relatively complicated app, where I have dynamic number of inputs titled:
      d1, d2 .. dn. At one point I wanted to try addressing multiple inputs at the same time with:



      input[[grep(pattern="d+[[:digit:]]",input)]]


      which of course caused an error:



      Must use single string to index into reactivevalues


      So I was wondering whether someone knew an elegant way to do such a thing?







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          You can use names on input :



          grep(pattern = "d+[[:digit:]]", x = names(input), value = TRUE)


          A working example :



          library("shiny")
          ui <- fluidPage(
          fluidRow(
          column(
          width = 6,
          lapply(
          X = 1:6,
          FUN = function(i) {
          sliderInput(inputId = paste0("d", i), label = i, min = 0, max = 10, value = i)
          }
          )
          ),
          column(
          width = 6,
          verbatimTextOutput(outputId = "test")
          )
          )
          )
          server <- function(input, output){
          output$test <- renderPrint({
          sapply(grep(pattern = "d+[[:digit:]]", x = names(input), value = TRUE), function(x) input[[x]])
          })
          }
          shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)





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          • Is it possible to get the actual values behind the names?

            – Centar 15
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:21











          • Yes, check the example

            – Victorp
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:23











          • Thanks and amazing work!

            – Centar 15
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:27











          • Just one question - how could I address multiple inputs in observeEvent?

            – Centar 15
            Oct 17 '16 at 9:05











          • I am currently stuck with observeEvent(c(input$d1,input$d2,input$d3),{})

            – Centar 15
            Oct 17 '16 at 9:05











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          You can use names on input :



          grep(pattern = "d+[[:digit:]]", x = names(input), value = TRUE)


          A working example :



          library("shiny")
          ui <- fluidPage(
          fluidRow(
          column(
          width = 6,
          lapply(
          X = 1:6,
          FUN = function(i) {
          sliderInput(inputId = paste0("d", i), label = i, min = 0, max = 10, value = i)
          }
          )
          ),
          column(
          width = 6,
          verbatimTextOutput(outputId = "test")
          )
          )
          )
          server <- function(input, output){
          output$test <- renderPrint({
          sapply(grep(pattern = "d+[[:digit:]]", x = names(input), value = TRUE), function(x) input[[x]])
          })
          }
          shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)





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          • Is it possible to get the actual values behind the names?

            – Centar 15
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:21











          • Yes, check the example

            – Victorp
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:23











          • Thanks and amazing work!

            – Centar 15
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:27











          • Just one question - how could I address multiple inputs in observeEvent?

            – Centar 15
            Oct 17 '16 at 9:05











          • I am currently stuck with observeEvent(c(input$d1,input$d2,input$d3),{})

            – Centar 15
            Oct 17 '16 at 9:05
















          5














          You can use names on input :



          grep(pattern = "d+[[:digit:]]", x = names(input), value = TRUE)


          A working example :



          library("shiny")
          ui <- fluidPage(
          fluidRow(
          column(
          width = 6,
          lapply(
          X = 1:6,
          FUN = function(i) {
          sliderInput(inputId = paste0("d", i), label = i, min = 0, max = 10, value = i)
          }
          )
          ),
          column(
          width = 6,
          verbatimTextOutput(outputId = "test")
          )
          )
          )
          server <- function(input, output){
          output$test <- renderPrint({
          sapply(grep(pattern = "d+[[:digit:]]", x = names(input), value = TRUE), function(x) input[[x]])
          })
          }
          shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)





          share|improve this answer
























          • Is it possible to get the actual values behind the names?

            – Centar 15
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:21











          • Yes, check the example

            – Victorp
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:23











          • Thanks and amazing work!

            – Centar 15
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:27











          • Just one question - how could I address multiple inputs in observeEvent?

            – Centar 15
            Oct 17 '16 at 9:05











          • I am currently stuck with observeEvent(c(input$d1,input$d2,input$d3),{})

            – Centar 15
            Oct 17 '16 at 9:05














          5












          5








          5







          You can use names on input :



          grep(pattern = "d+[[:digit:]]", x = names(input), value = TRUE)


          A working example :



          library("shiny")
          ui <- fluidPage(
          fluidRow(
          column(
          width = 6,
          lapply(
          X = 1:6,
          FUN = function(i) {
          sliderInput(inputId = paste0("d", i), label = i, min = 0, max = 10, value = i)
          }
          )
          ),
          column(
          width = 6,
          verbatimTextOutput(outputId = "test")
          )
          )
          )
          server <- function(input, output){
          output$test <- renderPrint({
          sapply(grep(pattern = "d+[[:digit:]]", x = names(input), value = TRUE), function(x) input[[x]])
          })
          }
          shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)





          share|improve this answer













          You can use names on input :



          grep(pattern = "d+[[:digit:]]", x = names(input), value = TRUE)


          A working example :



          library("shiny")
          ui <- fluidPage(
          fluidRow(
          column(
          width = 6,
          lapply(
          X = 1:6,
          FUN = function(i) {
          sliderInput(inputId = paste0("d", i), label = i, min = 0, max = 10, value = i)
          }
          )
          ),
          column(
          width = 6,
          verbatimTextOutput(outputId = "test")
          )
          )
          )
          server <- function(input, output){
          output$test <- renderPrint({
          sapply(grep(pattern = "d+[[:digit:]]", x = names(input), value = TRUE), function(x) input[[x]])
          })
          }
          shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)






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          • Is it possible to get the actual values behind the names?

            – Centar 15
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:21











          • Yes, check the example

            – Victorp
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:23











          • Thanks and amazing work!

            – Centar 15
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:27











          • Just one question - how could I address multiple inputs in observeEvent?

            – Centar 15
            Oct 17 '16 at 9:05











          • I am currently stuck with observeEvent(c(input$d1,input$d2,input$d3),{})

            – Centar 15
            Oct 17 '16 at 9:05



















          • Is it possible to get the actual values behind the names?

            – Centar 15
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:21











          • Yes, check the example

            – Victorp
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:23











          • Thanks and amazing work!

            – Centar 15
            Oct 14 '16 at 14:27











          • Just one question - how could I address multiple inputs in observeEvent?

            – Centar 15
            Oct 17 '16 at 9:05











          • I am currently stuck with observeEvent(c(input$d1,input$d2,input$d3),{})

            – Centar 15
            Oct 17 '16 at 9:05

















          Is it possible to get the actual values behind the names?

          – Centar 15
          Oct 14 '16 at 14:21





          Is it possible to get the actual values behind the names?

          – Centar 15
          Oct 14 '16 at 14:21













          Yes, check the example

          – Victorp
          Oct 14 '16 at 14:23





          Yes, check the example

          – Victorp
          Oct 14 '16 at 14:23













          Thanks and amazing work!

          – Centar 15
          Oct 14 '16 at 14:27





          Thanks and amazing work!

          – Centar 15
          Oct 14 '16 at 14:27













          Just one question - how could I address multiple inputs in observeEvent?

          – Centar 15
          Oct 17 '16 at 9:05





          Just one question - how could I address multiple inputs in observeEvent?

          – Centar 15
          Oct 17 '16 at 9:05













          I am currently stuck with observeEvent(c(input$d1,input$d2,input$d3),{})

          – Centar 15
          Oct 17 '16 at 9:05





          I am currently stuck with observeEvent(c(input$d1,input$d2,input$d3),{})

          – Centar 15
          Oct 17 '16 at 9:05


















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