You need to parse it before you evaluate it. eval(parse(text = avar))
-----Original Message----- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Jeremiah H. Savage Sent: Wednesday, 30 June 2010 3:45 PM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] evaluate a string variable Hello, I was wondering how to evaluate a string variable in R. eg. > avar <- "getwd()" > eval(avar) gives: [1] "getwd()" but I would like to see: [1] "/home/myhomedir" Thanks, Jeremiah ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
