R help - Jan 2007 - Questions about paste and assign

Hi,
    I would like to assign a value to a member b  of the list  a  in position 3,
by calling:

                                            assign( target, 2.34, 3)

My question is what the "target" should be.   I tried target <-
paste("a", $, "b")   and something else,
but haven't got the right answer yet.  

BTW, if I attached a list named  "mylist" in position 3,  to refer to
this environment, besides 3, what's the
right name ?

Thanks a lot for any help

tong

Try this:
> a <- list(a = 1, b = 2, c = 3)
> assign("a", replace(get("a"), 3, 2.34))
> a
$a
[1] 1

$b
[1] 2

$c
[1] 2.34

On 1/13/07, Tong Wang <wangtong at usc.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>    I would like to assign a value to a member b  of the list  a  in
position 3,   by calling:
>
>                                            assign( target, 2.34, 3)
>
> My question is what the "target" should be.   I tried target
<- paste("a", $, "b")   and something else,
> but haven't got the right answer yet.
>
> BTW, if I attached a list named  "mylist" in position 3,  to
refer to this environment, besides 3, what's the
> right name ?
>
> Thanks a lot for any help
>
> tong
>
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