[R] convert strings to object names

Liaw, Andy andy_liaw at merck.com
Thu Aug 19 16:31:54 CEST 2004


See ?get.

Andy

> From: Gudrun Jonasdottir
> 
> Dear R-Help list,
> 
> I have a problem with convertions of strings. I want to use 
> the function
> "paste()" to create an object name and then use that 
> character string to
> call on that object. So, for example:
> 
> dat99 <- matrix(rbind(1,1,2),3,3)
> no <- 99
> dat <- paste("dat",no,sep="")
> dat
> [1] "dat99"
> 
> What should I do to get the output
> 
> dat
>      [,1] [,2] [,3]
> [1,]    1    1    1
> [2,]    1    1    1
> [3,]    2    2    2
> 
> Cheers,
> Gudrun
> 
> 
> 
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