[R] convert strings to object names

Liaw, Andy
Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:31:54 -0000

See ?get.

Andy

> From: Gudrun Jonasdottir
>
> 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
>
> dat
>      [,1] [,2] [,3]
> [1,]    1    1    1
> [2,]    1    1    1
> [3,]    2    2    2
>
> Cheers,
> Gudrun
>
>
>
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