R help - Jan 2008 - calling a list element from a list name passed to a function

Hi,

'true_name' is a list of numerical, matrix, and text items

I do

pass_name <- "true_name"

and pass the name of the list to a function so that the character  
class variable 'passed_name' contains the name of the list called  
'true_name'

Inside the function, how can I get a specified element from the list?  
For example, if I want to get

true_name$month

How do I get that item with the passed name?

Thank you for any help!

Gon?alo

Its a FAQ:

http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#How-can-I-turn-a-string-into-a-variable_003f

On Jan 27, 2008 8:42 AM, Gon?alo Ferraz <gferraz29 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 'true_name' is a list of numerical, matrix, and text items
>
> I do
>
> pass_name <- "true_name"
>
> and pass the name of the list to a function so that the character
> class variable 'passed_name' contains the name of the list called
> 'true_name'
>
> Inside the function, how can I get a specified element from the list?
> For example, if I want to get
>
> true_name$month
>
> How do I get that item with the passed name?
>
> Thank you for any help!
>
> Gon?alo
>
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