Hi, Just to provide an example:
#Sample data copied to variables "X", "Y", and "Z" Z <- Y <- X <- data.frame(A = 1:10) # A variable holding the names of the variables datasetname <- c("X", "Y", "Z") # Use mget() to collect all the variables in a list # get() only gets one variable at a t ime, mget() gets multiple # however, mget() needs to know which environment to look in # If your variables are just in your usual workspace # it should be .GlobalEnv alldata <- mget(x = datasetname, envir = .GlobalEnv) HTH, Josh On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Jie Li <ruser...@gmail.com> wrote: > All, > > For example, I have a dataset named "ABC" loaded into R >> ABC > [,1] [,2] [,3] > [1,] 1 4 7 > [2,] 2 5 8 > [3,] 3 6 9 > > and I also have a variable datasetname >> datasetname > [1] "ABC" > > and I want to add this "ABC" dataset to an existing list "alldata" > > > alldata <-NULL >> alldata <- as.list(alldata) > > since I will have lots of datasets like "ABC" loaded to R, and have > datasetname variable record their names, I want to add all the datasets to > the list alldata by just writing one command. But I don't know to tell R > that "ABC" is a dataset's name instead of a value of variable datasetname? > Thank you all for your help! > > JL > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Joshua Wiley Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology University of California, Los Angeles http://www.joshuawiley.com/ ______________________________________________ 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.