[R] how to set the variable name in a loop

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Simpler (and easier to read and avoids a conversion of i to character and 
back) is

for (i in 1:10) assign(paste("var", i, sep=""), i)

Neither of you needed the braces.

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Pfaff, Bernhard wrote:

> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I would like to have variables whose name are var1, var2, ... 
> > in a loop :
> > 
> > for (i in 1:10)
> > {
> >     var(i) <- i # where var(i) is var1, ....
> > }
> 
> how about:
> 
> for (i in 1:10){
>   eval(parse(text=paste("var", i, "<-", i, sep="")))
> }
> 
> HTH,
> Bernhard
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > 
> > Philippe
> > 
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