[R] creating a sequence of object names

[Uwe Ligges]

John wrote:

> Hello R-users,
> 
> I wanted to generate objects named 'my.ftn1',
> 'my.ftn2', ... , 'my.ftn10', and tried the following
> code without success. How can I do this?
> 
> 
>>for ( i in 1:10 ) {
> 
> + sub(" ", "", paste("my.ftn", i)) <- NULL
> + }
> Error: Target of assignment expands to non-language
> object
> 
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> John
> 
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Please do as suggested above, read the posting guide!
It suggests to read the FAQs. FAQ 7.21 is what you are looking for: "How 
can I turn a string into a variable?".

Uwe Ligges