On 10/24/2007 10:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is there a way to generate variables with names like var1, var2, var3?
> Right now I've been resorting to using either a cat function to string it
> together or to pre-generate a list and having it select from list[x] as it
> loops.
Your last resort (using a list) is the preferred way to do it, but you
can use assign(name, value) to assign the value to the character string
stored in name. So
for (i in 1:3) assign( paste("var", i, sep=""), i)
will do what you asked. However, I'll say it again: you really are
better off using
var <- list()
for (i in 1:3) var[[i]] <- i
If your list is very long, you may want to allocate all the entries it
it at the start, using something like
var <- vector("list", 3)
or
var <- as.list(1:3)
Duncan Murdoch
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