[R] convert strings to object names

Uwe Ligges
Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:40:08 -0000

Gudrun Jonasdottir wrote:

> Dear R-Help list,
>
> I have a problem with convertions of strings. I want to use the function
> "paste()" to create an object name and then use that character
string to
> call on that object. So, for example:
>
> dat99 <- matrix(rbind(1,1,2),3,3)
> no <- 99
> dat <- paste("dat",no,sep="")
> dat
> [1] "dat99"
>
> What should I do to get the output

get(dat)

Uwe Ligges