An alternative to Peter's solution: createVariable <- function(name) {assign(name, NULL, envir=.GlobalEnv)}
Jeff. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Ralf B <ralf.bie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can one create a variable through a function by name > > createVariable <- function(name) { > outputVariable = name > name <- NULL > } > > after calling > > createVariable("myVar") > > I would like to have a variable myVar initialized with NULL in my > environment. Is this possible? > > Ralf > > ______________________________________________ > 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.