You may be looking for the get function. See ?get
Ng Stanley wrote: > Hi, > > For example, > > natural_nums <- 1:10 > even_nums <- seq(2,10, by = 2) > types <- c("natural_nums", "even_nums") > > What functions can be performed on types[1] to turn it into a variable name > and not a string ? > > [[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. ______________________________________________ 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.