R help - May 2008 - Loading data into a list of environments

Dear All,

Thanks to an answer which I received from a previous post, I'm now able to
create a series of
environments using the following: 

  nmes <- c("en1", "en2", "en3")
  for(i in nmes) assign(i, new.env(parent = .GlobalEnv))

My next question is how, using "load", can I automatically place data
into each of these
newly created environments.

The following, and variations thereof, does not work:

  nmes <- c("en1", "en2", "en3")
  for(i in nmes) load(file = "/home/testData/Data.RData", i)

I've tried, among other attempts, to use "as.environment(i)"
without success.  My "i" is seen
as a character, but I want it to be seen as the environment which it represents.

Kind regards,
J.Powell

LEI
Visserij
Alexanderveld 5
2585 DB Den Haag
The Netherlands

On Sat, 31 May 2008, Powell, Jeff wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Thanks to an answer which I received from a previous post, I'm now able
to create a series of
> environments using the following:
>
>  nmes <- c("en1", "en2", "en3")
>  for(i in nmes) assign(i, new.env(parent = .GlobalEnv))
>
> My next question is how, using "load", can I automatically place
data into each of these
> newly created environments.
>
> The following, and variations thereof, does not work:
>
>  nmes <- c("en1", "en2", "en3")
>  for(i in nmes) load(file = "/home/testData/Data.RData", i)
>
> I've tried, among other attempts, to use "as.environment(i)"
without success.  My "i" is seen
> as a character, but I want it to be seen as the environment which it
represents.
More generally as the object it represents...

Try

 	for(i in nmes) load(file = "/home/testData/Data.RData", get( i ))


See

 	?get

HTH,

Chuck
>
> Kind regards,
> J.Powell
>
> LEI
> Visserij
> Alexanderveld 5
> 2585 DB Den Haag
> The Netherlands
>
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