[R] Function assignment

[Jeff Newmiller]

What an awful idea... that would lead to incredibly hard-to-debug programs. No, you cannot do that. What kind of problem has led you to want such a capability? Perhaps we can suggest a simpler way to think about your problem.
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On July 26, 2014 5:29:59 AM PDT, Florian Ryan <florian.ryan at aim.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I would like to use the variable name which i assign the return value
>of a function in a function. Is that possible?
>e.g.
>
>foo <- function(){
>    some not to me known R magic
>}
>
>myVariableName <- foo()
>myVariableName
>[1] "myVariableName"
>
>Hope someone can help me.
>
>Thanks
>Florian
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