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Please help me evaluate a "dynamic variable" as show in the code snippet below. # regular variable a = c(1,2,3,4) # dynamic variable set at runtime DV = "a" eval(DV) --> a eval(eval(DV)) --> a # what I want something_goes_here(DV) --> 1,2,3,4 Can someone teach me how to do this? Thanks very much. - Bobby