[R] Referencing data frames

[Greg Snow]

Generally when someone asks a question like this, they are trying to program in a different language using R rather than taking advantage of the power of R itself.  If you give us more information on what you are trying to accomplish, then we may be able to give better advice on how to accomplish your final goal using the power of R.

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Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Payam Minoofar
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 4:00 PM
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: [R] Referencing data frames
> 
> Hi,
> 
> How do I use the string content of a string variable to reference a
> data frame of the same name? I want to do the typical tasks of 1)
> building a name with a string variable and using the string variable to
> create a data frame (or any object) whose name is the string value of
> the variable and 2) pass on a string to a function as a parameter, and
> then use that string to refer to an existing data frame.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Payam
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