[R] assign to an element of a vector

[Liaw, Andy]

You did not explain the full context of what you are trying to do.  Perhaps
this could help:

> varName <- as.name("bahbah")
> varName
bahbah
> substitute(a[1] <- 0, list(a=varName))
bahbah[1] <- 0

So you could perhaps eval() this expression.

Andy

> From: Fernando Saldanha
> 
> I am trying to find a way to assign values to elements of a vector
> that will be defined by a user. So I don't have the name of the vector
> and cannot hard code the assignment in advance. In the example below I
> have to get() the vector using its name. When I try to assign to an
> element I get an error:
> 
> > a <- c(1,2,3)
> > get('a')[1] <- 0
> Error: Target of assignment expands to non-language object
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> FS
> 
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