insert elements in a vector in R

Question

I have a vector in R,

a = c(2,3,4,9,10,2,4,19)

let us say I want to efficiently insert the following vectors, b, and c,

b =         


        

Answer 1

The straightforward approach:

b.pos <- 3
d.pos <- 7
c(a[1:b.pos],b,a[(b.pos+1):d.pos],d,a[(d.pos+1):length(a)])
[1]  2  3  4  2  1  9 10  2  4  0  1 19

Note the importance of parenthesis for the boundaries of the : operator.