R help - Mar 2009 - target of assignment expands to non-language object

I'm running the following code

numbers <- 1:50
for (i in 1:50)
assign(paste("model",numbers[i]),i)<-(lm(temp$Overall.Scaled.Score~temp$raw.score))

where I want R to create 50 different models-1:50, but get the following
error message

"target of assignment expands to non-language object". I've tried
it with
 paste("model",numbers[i]))<-(lm(temp$Overall.Scaled.Score~temp$raw.score)
and get the same error.

Does anyone know what the problem is or whether there's a better way to get
at what I'm trying to do?

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On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Alina Sheyman <alinashe@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I'm running the following code
>
> numbers <- 1:50
> for (i in 1:50)
>
>
assign(paste("model",numbers[i]),i)<-(lm(temp$Overall.Scaled.Score~temp$raw.score))
>
a) What is the purpose of numbers?  Why not write
     paste("model",i)
b) Why assign( ... ) <- ... ?  Don't you just want
         assign(paste("model",i),lm(temp$Overall.Scaledxxx))
c) Why are you assigning to variables named `model 1` etc. instead of making
a list of all the models? e.g.
      models <- sapply( 1:50, function(i) ... )

           -s


>
> where I want R to create 50 different models-1:50, but get the following
> error message
>
> "target of assignment expands to non-language object". I've
tried it with
> 
paste("model",numbers[i]))<-(lm(temp$Overall.Scaled.Score~temp$raw.score)
> and get the same error.
>
> Does anyone know what the problem is or whether there's a better way to
get
> at what I'm trying to do?
>
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