[R] values of list of variable names

[William Dunlap]

One way is
   values <- lapply(lis, get)
You can do
   names(values) <- lis
to attach the object names to the values in the list returned by lapply.


Bill Dunlap
TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com

On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 7:25 AM, Christian <christian using echoffmann.ch> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have searched the documentations of eval, substitute, expression, and I
> cannot make work something like the values of a list of variable names:
>
> lis <- ls(pattern="pr") # all variables with names containing 'pr'
>
> What is the mantra giving me the _values_ of the variables whose names
> are  contained in 'lis'. eval(parse(ls(pattern="pr"))) will not do but
> returning TRUE.
>
> TIA
> C.
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