[R] Create variable by name

[Greg Snow]

Possible? Yes (as others have shown), advisable? No, see fortune(106), fortune(236), and possibly fortune(181).

What is your ultimate goal? Maybe we can help you find a better way.

-- 
Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
801.408.8111


> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Ralf B
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 10:32 AM
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> Subject: [R] Create variable by name
> 
> Can one create a variable through a function by name
> 
> createVariable <- function(name) {
> 	outputVariable = name
> 	name <- NULL
> }
> 
> after calling
> 
> createVariable("myVar")
> 
> I would like to have a variable myVar initialized with NULL in my
> environment. Is this possible?
> 
> Ralf
> 
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