R help - Jul 2004 - variable definition

Hello All:

This function obviously fails

    x <- function(z) paste("go", z, sep = ".") <- 10
    x("now")

But is there a way to define the name of a variable through passing a
parameter in a function call?

Thanks,
ANDREW

Hallo!
?assign

z<-"now"
assign(paste("go", z, sep = ".") ,10)


Sincerely
Eryk

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On 7/11/2004 at 10:02 PM Andrew R. Criswell wrote:
>>>Hello All:
>>>
>>>This function obviously fails
>>>
>>>    x <- function(z) <- 10
>>>    x("now")
>>>
>>>But is there a way to define the name of a variable through passing
a
>>>parameter in a function call?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>ANDREW
>>>
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On Sun, 11 Jul 2004, Andrew R. Criswell wrote:
> Hello All:
>
> This function obviously fails
>
>     x <- function(z) paste("go", z, sep = ".") <-
10
>     x("now")
>
> But is there a way to define the name of a variable through passing a
> parameter in a function call?
I'm not exactly sure what you want to do, but looking at
  ?assign
might be of some help.
Z
> Thanks,
> ANDREW
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide!
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>

Wolski <wolski <at> molgen.mpg.de> writes:
> 
> Hallo!
> ?assign
> 
> z<-"now"
> assign(paste("go", z, sep = ".") ,10)
Assuming that you wish to create a variable called go.now with the
value of 10 in the caller environment to f:

   R> f <- function(z) assign(paste("go", z, sep =
"."), 10, parent.frame())
   R> f("now")
   R> go.now
   [1] 10