[R] Read code from character string

[Johannes Huesing]

Peter Langfelder <peter.langfelder at gmail.com> [Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 09:38:45PM CEST]:
> eval(parse(text="print(9**2)"))

cheers, I overlooked the text option.

> 
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Johannes Huesing
> <johannes at huesing.name> wrote:
> > Dear expRts,
> > I have a character string, say a <- "print(9**2)". How do I execute
> > the contents of the string, parsed as R code? Do I have to open a
> > connection and use cat(a), and parse it at the other end?

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